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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having just read the Amazon.com review, I thought I really had to write this! The New Romance is in fact a brilliant, thrilling album which will have you unable to remove it from your stereo. Right from the first track, 'Something Bigger, Something Brighter', you can tell that this is special. Every song has something new to offer, the stomping 'Chemical, Chemical' to the haunting 'Holy Names' all of them shimmer with complexity and subtle keyboard undercurrents. PGMG have taken the promise of earlier songs like 'Speakers Push The Air' and evolved and developed their sound from sounding great to sounding, well, magical! Andrea Zollo's vocals play off the music to incredible effect, sometimes racing with the beat ('The New Romance'), sometimes smouldering to the bass-line as on 'Blue Lights'
Buy this album, put it in your stereo and leave it on repeat for the rest of your life.
Buy this album, put it in your stereo and leave it on repeat for the rest of your life.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By "theonlyal"
Format:Audio CD
I don't see what there is about this band that can't be liked. The New Romance perfectly mixes ATD-I guitars, a measured rhythm section and vocals that pitch between Gwen Stefani's cool and Karen O's energy. The urgency of the first album is more than matched here. Couple this with a more mature songwriting approach and you've got an indie/rock/(post) punk album of absolute quality. the complex guitar motifs are both beautiful and aggressive at the same time. However this is not just a 6 string free-for-all. The chilled sampler breaks that punctuate this album give way to a thudding keyboard-led treat in the shape of the title track. All this leads to an album that should never be far from the top of any music fan's CD stack. Andrea Zollo deserves to be a superstar, and this album deserves to be cherished.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The production is sweet, and perfect for their style.
This is the first album of PGMG for me and it remains my favourite.
At first admittedly I was a little unsure but on initial hearing I didn't like the Mars Volta album either!?!?
The 2 guitars work fantastically well together. The drums are cool and really quite inventive at times. The lyrics are very cool and her voice has this great retro hard-nosed feel to it.
Since owning this album I've been awaiting their next and this is exactly why it's 4-stars and not 5 ... I believe they have all the potential to be truely great and this album is a brilliant stepping stone to that extent.
This is the first album of PGMG for me and it remains my favourite.
At first admittedly I was a little unsure but on initial hearing I didn't like the Mars Volta album either!?!?
The 2 guitars work fantastically well together. The drums are cool and really quite inventive at times. The lyrics are very cool and her voice has this great retro hard-nosed feel to it.
Since owning this album I've been awaiting their next and this is exactly why it's 4-stars and not 5 ... I believe they have all the potential to be truely great and this album is a brilliant stepping stone to that extent.
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Scared/Sacred
I bought this having bought Paramore and enjoyed their thumping post-punk indie thrash. I was expecting something similar, but the musical styles couldn't me more different. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Squerrimole
1.0 out of 5 stars
Great hopes, but disappointed...!
The New Romance
I always like looking around for new and different music. Having read the reviews against this cd, it seemed worth a punt, but I was wrong. Read more
I always like looking around for new and different music. Having read the reviews against this cd, it seemed worth a punt, but I was wrong. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2009 by Dirk
4.0 out of 5 stars
Underrated!!
Why does this album get so many bad reviews?? Okay in the context of good health it doesn't quite match up but it still contains all the things you would expect from a PMG album... Read more
Published on 5 April 2005 by William S. Cockrell
4.0 out of 5 stars
give it a few listens
sooo many bad reviews!you're all wrong! this band are great, noticably changing thier sound (more mature sounding) songs like teeth collector, grandwhatever wolf, and certain... Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars
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After hearing 'this is our emergency' on the tv, i was looking forward to hearing some female fronted punk to which you could actually hear the words instead of one long growl. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2004 by "twiggyspotter"
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