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Track Listings
| 1. Special Chair |
| 2. All The Young Children On Crack |
| 3. Sick Again |
| 4. Ex Girlfriend Club |
| 5. Dream The Sweetest Dreams |
| 6. Velvet Underground |
| 7. My Dark Places |
| 8. I'm Not Your Typical Boy |
| 9. You Kept Me Waiting Too Long |
| 10. They'll Have To Catch Us First |
| 11. She Can Stop Traffic |
| 12. Tell Me About Your Day |
| 13. Then A Big Boy Came And Knocked It All Down |
| 14. I Hope You're Happy Now |
| 15. No More I Hate You's |
| 16. There's No Beautiful Way To Say Goodbye |
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TVP are one of those bands that seem to suddenly come out of nowhere, and that everyone has heard of except you. According to the press release they were Kurt Cobain’s favourite band, they inspired Creation Records, and they supported Pink Floyd off the back of a single called "We Know Where Syd Barrett Lives". Media hyperbole notwithstanding, TVP--led by Dan Treacy--were influential in their time and this return to the fray after an eleven year absence really is a cause for excitement. Lead single "All The Young People On Smack" is a sign that Treacy--who has suffered nervous breakdowns and imprisonment over the years--has thankfully not learned the art of musical compromise. It’s a great tune, built from his raw Cockney vocal style and a basic, loping electro beat. Several other cuts on the album stand out in the same way, notably the catchy "How Did The Velvet Underground Get That Sound" and "She Can Stop A Taxi", but throughout the album’s duration there are too many half-baked fillers for this to be an overwhelming comeback.--Paul Sullivan
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Dan Treacy, the main singer and songwriter for the Television Personalities, has had a life as colorful as his band's style. Beginning in the 1970s, the TV Personalities set out on a musical journey that would encompass punk, new wave, twee, and shambling music, among other pop subsets. Along the way Treacy dropped out to devote himself to other things (drugs and prison among them), but he and the band returned in 2006 with MY DARK PLACES, the first TVPs release in eight years.
Treacy's songwriting can be alternately harrowing ("Ex-Girlfriends Club"), lovely ("Dream the Sweetest Dreams"), and novelty-oriented ("They'll Have to Catch Us First"). Yetit's always distinctively his own, and the TVPs sound, withits mixture of lo-fi indie, DIY, and art-pop, is as compelling and effervescent as ever.
TVP are one of those bands that seem to suddenly come out of nowhere, and that everyone has heard of except you. According to the press release they were Kurt Cobain’s favourite band, they inspired Creation Records, and they supported Pink Floyd off the back of a single called "We Know Where Syd Barrett Lives". Media hyperbole notwithstanding, TVP--led by Dan Treacy--were influential in their time and this return to the fray after an eleven year absence really is a cause for excitement. Lead single "All The Young People On Smack" is a sign that Treacy--who has suffered nervous breakdowns and imprisonment over the years--has thankfully not learned the art of musical compromise. It’s a great tune, built from his raw Cockney vocal style and a basic, loping electro beat. Several other cuts on the album stand out in the same way, notably the catchy "How Did The Velvet Underground Get That Sound" and "She Can Stop A Taxi", but throughout the album’s duration there are too many half-baked fillers for this to be an overwhelming comeback.--Paul Sullivan
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Dan Treacy, the main singer and songwriter for the Television Personalities, has had a life as colorful as his band's style. Beginning in the 1970s, the TV Personalities set out on a musical journey that would encompass punk, new wave, twee, and shambling music, among other pop subsets. Along the way Treacy dropped out to devote himself to other things (drugs and prison among them), but he and the band returned in 2006 with MY DARK PLACES, the first TVPs release in eight years.
Treacy's songwriting can be alternately harrowing ("Ex-Girlfriends Club"), lovely ("Dream the Sweetest Dreams"), and novelty-oriented ("They'll Have to Catch Us First"). Yetit's always distinctively his own, and the TVPs sound, withits mixture of lo-fi indie, DIY, and art-pop, is as compelling and effervescent as ever.
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