never heard a FoW song I really liked tbh...def belong here though
is Ivy powerpop?
― pax raggetta (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
no just pop
― so come right back, we have count dracula and we have adam rich (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
red dragon tattoo is pretty ace powerpop imo
mavericks referenced above is more chamberpop
― so come right back, we have count dracula and we have adam rich (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Try "Amity Gardens" or "Troubled Times" from Utopia Parkway. Never quite fell in love with FOW the way others did,.but most of that album is top notch.
― jer.fairall, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
If I had to choose one favorite FOW song from the 90s it would be Red Dragon Tattoo but Utopia Parkway has a bunch of great tracks, especially Troubled Times, The Valley of Malls, Go Hippie, and Amity Gardens. Then again they are one of my favorite bands...
Cotton Mather's Kontiki is a very up-and-down listen but its up moments are just about perfect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsE1AM5-KHIAlbum's easily available for download/preview with a Google search.
Surprised not to see the Grays mentioned here - a short-lived band that involved both Jason Falkner and Jon Brion. And of course every Jason Falkner album is worth getting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvGXlgokjs4
― skip, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I've never heard anything by the Grays, but I came across their name once or twice in The War Against Silence; I'll bet they're really good aren't they?
― pax raggetta (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
YouTube code (to reduce embeds): EE-znePV0UQ
Weird that they have their own Vevo channel. RS links are active here: http://powerpopoverdose.blogspot.com/2008/04/grays-ram-sham-bo-1994.html
― skip, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
The Grays one and only album is fantastic, if you can still find it. I think I got it around 97-98 and it was a struggle to get ahold of a copy even then. But, you know, this is the internet, so...
― jer.fairall, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought that Cotton Mather record was pretty fantastic too, even if it's been a good decade since I've spun it.
― jer.fairall, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Kontiki has a sense of pacing and restraint that's rare in a lot of power pop albums, which often plow away with one head bopper after another, perhaps sprinkling in a a slowish country track here and there. Or maybe the band just enjoys the sound of slow tracks. Either way, it really heightens the impact of a song like Password or My Before and After, which is not on YouTube for some reason.
― skip, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i really like powerpop and falkner, but i didn't like the grays. it seemed kind of flaccid and rembrandts-y iirc.
― so come right back, we have count dracula and we have adam rich (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
^reminded me of this Christian rock CD my mom got me when I was in high school; band was called 'pfr'
― pax raggetta (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks to this thread i was reminded i have sloans 'pretty together' in the archive.
not heard this in years.
sounds wonderful.
other additions of worth : superdrag
fucking loved'em, and one of my first experiences of using the web to track down releases that never reached the UK.
― mark e, Monday, 14 April 2014 20:09 (ten years ago) link