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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another great album, 14 April 2008
I bought this from the record company direct two months ago, only now has it gone on general sale and I think it may now finally be the the time that IAK break out from being a band with a definitive know all the words to all the songs cult following into the mainstream.
John Bramwell's songwriting is certainly upto the same standard as their previous work, the divine "down at the front" and "only role in town" are on par with the best of their defining self-titled album of 2003's highlights "same deep water as me", "mermaids" and "proof". The lyrical quirkiness is still there, as well as the romantic sentiments and all the rest.
IAK are certainly a band who people fall in love with very quickly, and want to go and tell all your friends about, and certainly I am preaching to the converted mostly on this page as the people buying this will already own the other three albums, and the John Peel sessions, and the stand alone single etc.
The question is, do you want to preach to the masses? or doyou want to keep them your own personal brilliant little secret?
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I am Kloot - Great, but lack production, 24 April 2008
I am Kloot are a fantastic band, so close to breaking out into the mainstream, but saving their gritty Manchester souls and bad teeth. Having seen them play most of the songs off this album live, I can safely say that it's a great album with some amazing songs. However, having had the CD version for a while now, I have to say that it doesn't compare. The production is very poor, especially when compared with their previous album "Gods and Monsters". It's not very clean, individual instruments are hard to pick out, and it sounds unfinished - some badly produced albums sound gritty, this just sounds like a low-quality live recording. The song "The Runaway" is a good example - the vocals kind of melt into the background distorted guitar, and the resulting fuzz is a little hard on the ears.
Yes, they're a great band, and yes the songs on this album are amazing, classic IAK, but the production lets the whole thing down.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Impressive Set..., 8 Aug 2008
Strong tunes, a typical characteristic of early I Am Kloot albums, were frustratingly in short supply on the band's last album "Gods and Monsters", so it's a welcome relief that "Play Moolah Rouge" is more in keeping with this great little bands first two records.
With an expanded line-up (this 3 piece is now bolstered to 5), "Play Moolah Rouge" has a rough captured-live-in-the-studio feel, which is a result of being recorded and mixed in a matter of days. It's an approach that suits the band perfectly. John Bramwell's vocals have a particularly unpolished rasp that enhances the more maudlin and introspective songs on this record ("Down at the Front", "Only Role In Town") very well.
The other most obvious stength to this album is that it's well crafted; with obvious thought being given to structure and sequencing, and aside from one clanger on the album ("Hey Little Bird", which marries a pretty melody to some uncommonly trite lyrics) it's another strong set from the band.
Finally, the accompanying DVD with the special edition is worth seeking out, as it mixes great live footage of the band playing songs from the album alongside an entertaining interview with Bramwell.
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