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Absence makes the heart grow fonder and seven years in exile has done precious little to wilt the efflorescent flair of Washington state power-pop stalwarts The Posies. The band's comeback studio album Every Kind Of Light - composed, rehearsed and demoed in a knee-jerkingly vibrant 21 day period in early 2004 - certainly rekindles the old flame. While mainstays Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow have extended the songwriting mandate to include new recruits Matt Harris and Darius Minwalla, this germinal four-way democracy hasn't contorted the band's traditional symmetry. Thus, Every Kind Of Light balances the soft-focus rock and Brit-Invasion tunesmithery of yesteryear although the reflexive three-week recording surge has left a song like "That Don't Fly" a little more exposed than more deliberation would have afforded. On the other hand, the hastened circumstances indicate that the more superlative facets of The Posies come entirely naturally. Who would deny that "Conversations" - a stealthy, swooning, timid but climactically high-tensile ballad - is one of the greatest things to bear their name. Or that "I Finally Found A Jungle I Like" parallels the swashbuckling hubris of The Who's machinery-trashing adolescence. Or even that Ken Stringfellow's REM activities have rubbed off of him in the nicest possible fashion. The Posies are back - with a bouquet. --Kevin Maidment
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Plebs shouldn't comment. The other reviews are laughable.
The Posies never really had their day. They are a band with an immense talent that deserved so many more accolades. It is true that they cannot match Bigstar for out and out greatness, but they are still a damn good band and this is still a damn good album!
The Posies never really had their day. They are a band with an immense talent that deserved so many more accolades. It is true that they cannot match Bigstar for out and out greatness, but they are still a damn good band and this is still a damn good album!
6 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Another record I bought on the strength of a review. Yet again I lived to regret my decision. Ok it´s not that bad,"Guess your right," is decent track, about a fractured relationship, at least it has a decent chorus. " Anything and Everything," the best track on the album has a nice riff and the lyrics carry the song nicely. "Second time around," is a catchy song that isn´t as cheesy as the kind of pop-punk tunes you here from American teen bands. "Last Crawl," is a nice enough melodic lament about the end of a relationship. The problem is that it´s all just so average and mundane. "Could he treat you better," is typical of this album, it sounds like Boy George trying his hand at blues. Completely harmless.
They´re pretty good musicians who write largely poor songs,"your´re too pure for this wicked world," might appeal to middle America but I just don´t dig it.
The melodies are all very nice but none of the songs have any bite or really go anywhere. It´s got no real character to it, The Posies sound like a bunch of thoroughly nice guys making thoroughly nice music.
I listened to this a couple of times and don´t plan on picking it up again. One of those CD´s that spends years collecting dusk at the bottom of your pile.
They´re pretty good musicians who write largely poor songs,"your´re too pure for this wicked world," might appeal to middle America but I just don´t dig it.
The melodies are all very nice but none of the songs have any bite or really go anywhere. It´s got no real character to it, The Posies sound like a bunch of thoroughly nice guys making thoroughly nice music.
I listened to this a couple of times and don´t plan on picking it up again. One of those CD´s that spends years collecting dusk at the bottom of your pile.
2 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ok so I have only heard two songs: "I Guess You're Right" and "Love Comes" and totally agree with the last review! That pretty mush sums it up! I do like "I Guess You're Right" but after a few times through you end up wanting another level... it just get a bit 'same-ie'.
One thing that I thought was interesting is that those two songs actually come with Windows Vista as sample music!! Thats a bit weird! :-)
One thing that I thought was interesting is that those two songs actually come with Windows Vista as sample music!! Thats a bit weird! :-)
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