Boxing Hefner

Artist: Hefner
Label: Too Pure / Beggars
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 644918009924
EAN: 0644918009924
ASIN: B00004RKMB

Release Date: 2000-04-18

Boxing Hefner

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Tracks:

Christian Girls
Lee Remick
Pull Yourself Together
Blind Girl With Halo
Hello Kitten
Destroyed Cowboy Falls
The Hymn For The Coffee
Mary Lee
The Hymn For The Things We Didn't Do
To Hide A Little Thought
The Science Fiction
Twisting Mary's Arm
We Don't Care What They Say

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Customer Reviews:

Buy used.......2002-01-04

Some decent songs, but nothing that compelling- the album as a whole has a consistent vision that elevates it, but not to 4 star status.

For fans of Modern Lovers.......2001-09-15

"Christian Girls should be kept pristine and totally devoid of pain, I can't hold back the rain , the dirty, dirty rain." I'm a huge fan of Hefner's debut album, Breaking God's Heart, but was a bit let down by their second effort, The Fidelity Wars. Boxing Hefner returns to form with twelve rare and unreleased tracks from these lovelorn uber-geeks. "Christian Girls" is the song that convinced Too Pure to sign Hefner in the first place -- a hysterical take on religious purity presented, true to form, with its sexuality on its sleeves. Highlights include a mesmerizing John Peel performance of "The Science Fiction" and the band's traditional closing number at shows, "Twisting Mary's Arm." Throughout, Darren Hayman's cracked, plaintive vocals are reminiscent of white suburbanite Mark Robinson attempting black soul on early Unrest albums, or perhaps more directly, Jonathan Richman singing to his Boston girlfrens with the Modern Lovers. In fact, one of the strongest performances on Boxing Hefner is "To Hide A Little Thought," which rescues Richman's poignant relationship confessional from the now out-of-print You Must Ask the Heart. With hook upon hook and energy to spare, Hefner take Richman's themes from the New England bars to the UK pubs. For wimpy suburban boys everywhere.

Essential Hefner.......2000-06-03

A sure sign of a band's excellence is making b-sides that are just as good - or indeed better - as the actual single. Judging from the impact Boxing Hefner has had on me in the relative short time I've owned it, Hefner are right up there with The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian et al. Darren Hayman's sometimes painfully personal lyrics and his soulful, admittedly not perfect vocals never cease to intruige och move me. As for the tunes, they're perfect bittersweet gems that at least I find impossible to resist. Songs like Pull Yourself Together, the previously unreleased The Science Fiction and Lee Remick surely prove that there is still hope for Britain's indie scene. If there is any justice in the world, this will be Hefner's proper breakthrough.

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