The Wrens/The Five Mod Four

The Wrens/The Five Mod Four Artist: The Wrens , and The Five Mod Four
Label: Contraphonic
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Format: EP
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 723721185855
EAN: 0723721185855
ASIN: B000ARWI8U


Release Date: 2005-10-04

The Wrens/The Five Mod Four


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Tracks:

  1. Was There Ever - The Wrens
  2. Untitled - The Wrens
  3. Bus Dance - The Wrens
  4. 45'er - The Five Mod Four
  5. I'm The Funniest Person You Know - The Five Mod Four
  6. Make It Look Like A Robbery - The Five Mod Four
  7. I Am A Commercial Kiss Of Death - The Five Mod Four
  8. Carry - The Five Mod Four

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  1. Secaucus
  2. Silver
  3. The Meadowlands
  4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
  5. Wincing the Night Away

Album Description

With this CD, indie-pop darlings The Wrens returned from a four-year absence with three exclusive tracks - one each from `98, `91 and `02. They continued to cross over new melodic boundaries and incorporate studio trickery while hinting at where their 2003 comeback smash Meadowlands would take them. Milwaukee's The Five Mod Four contributed four new recordings of some of their older songs. It's smart-aleck sarcastic pop wizardy...like a jazzy Elvis Costello amped up on scrambled porn and grape soda.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Two Stars for The Wrens and Four for The Five Mod Four.......2006-01-18

Indie rock vets The Wrens, and up-and-comers The Five Mod Four on an EP together? Sounds like a good cross-promotional idea. Unfortunately the young lions seem to have outdone their elder statesmen.

The most interesting of the Wrens' bunch is 45'er, as it contains some samples of "Happy" which would soon be heard in its full, majestic form on THE MEADOWLANDS. "Bus Dance," and, "Was There Ever," sound like b-sides from ABBOTT 1135 and SILVER, respectively. That's not to say they're bad songs, but they're just not as good as we've come to expect from The Wrens, that's all.

On the other hand, all four Five Mod Four tracks are great. "I'm the Finniest Person You Know," is probably the best track on the CD while "Make it Look Like a Robbery" is pure Elvis Costello-influenced pop (just as the Amazon description states).

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