Album Review
Aberdeen – “Sink or Float ” – [Better Looking Records]
mitch 6/24/2006 7-inch, A Library
Nearly a decade after their
long sabbatical in-between), ABERDEEN returns
as a full band (formerly they were a duo of John &
Beth, plus drum machine) with two great tracks from
‘Homesick and Happy to be Here? (2002). Denizens
of Palm Desert, CA – it seems J + B were in love once
upon a time, fell out of it and fell back into it five years
later, thereby resuscitating the musical concept of the
[not surprisingly] romance-based ABERDEEN. Beth
Arzy was heard vocalizing on TREMBLING BLUE STARS
‘Alive to Every Smile?, and both bands will tour the U.S.
this Fall. The approach is similar, a warm-breath-in-the-
ear kind of feeling with attendant delicacies, but the sound
is much fuller with drums/guitars/bass/keyboards/ supplying
an even more voluptuous & charming appeal. Excellent
writing meets great musical sense for this pair of keepers.
And they lived happily ever after?..
Aug 2002 MITCH
you heard it 35 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 2138 days ago, Dani Max played Drive
- 2274 days ago, Pete Dixon played Sink or Float
- 2588 days ago, dada diogenes played Drive
- 3598 days ago, The Mole played Drive
- 5626 days ago, Lou Nautique played Sink or Float
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