Beauty Pill - The Unsustainable Lifestyle

http://www.thecaribbeanisaband.com/downloads.html

tony D

I was turned onto this by a friend a few years back -- it's such a great record! Funny, sharp songwriting; terrific hooks; songs that tackle political & cultural topics without becoming didactic or overbearing. It hits an "arch indie-pop" sweet spot for me -- all I can really think to compare it to at the moment are a few fairly obscure bands from a decade earlier, like Chevy Heston and Sexy Death Soda; though I'm sure there are better points of reference (the general approach also hits a Red Krayola vein for me, though it doesn't sound anything like them).

It feels to me like a overlooked indie-rock classic... although judging from this somewhat bummer thread, maybe it wasn't overlooked, it just didn't hit most people the way it hits me!

think I tried to listen to this but found their new album much more to my taste (and its thread has more posts than this)

I gave that one a few listens, but wasn’t feeling it so much. Maybe I’ll try again...

Yeah I'm really not hearing the "songs" on the recent (2015) one... that's cool, guess this band has something for everyone!

(Postscript: I'm listening to some Red Crayola now; tracks like "An Old Man's Dream" actually aren't too bad a reference point for this album.)