For Passsengers

For Passsengers Artist: Poulain
Label: Fiddler
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: EP
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 044007503263
EAN: 0044007503263
ASIN: B00009P1N2


Release Date: 2003-07-29

For Passsengers


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Tracks:

  1. Completely Uninterrupted
  2. All You Are
  3. Wide Awake
  4. For You To Decide

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars "Passengers" satisfies.......2004-08-02

Poulain slip rather than roar onto the music scene with "For Passengers," a solid and enticing debut EP. Vaguely dreamy indiepop seems to be their staple -- sometimes catchy, more often not. But they succeed in showing their stuff, and making it seem interesting.

"For Passengers" kicks off with the steady, guitar-driven "Completely Uninterrupted," with its wavery background vocals. "All You Are" is a sweetly simple, ethereal little ballad, while "Wide Awake" slips back into the guitar pop slot. It finishes off with "For You To Decide," a spacey, swirling little confection with distant singing and gentle reverbs.

Imagine a less depressed Belle and Sebastian, and you have some idea of how Poulain sound. Originally it was the brainchild of frontman Isaac Lekach, but now boasts three other people. It comes close to being entrancing, but just narrowly misses. The sound is a little too simple and straightforward, although the final song hints at future brilliance.

Somehow "For Passengers" sounds a lot more complex than it is -- when you get right down to it, there aren't many instruments beyond drums, guitar and bass, and what sounds a bit like a harp or an electronic backdrop. Somehow Lekach and Co. manage to resculpt the sound, making it sound unusually sophisticated, especially for a first effort.

Lekach's vocals sound as flowing as the music does; after a while, it's easy to forget that he's singing at all. He doesn't show a lot of singing range, though; there's just steady mellow crooning. No highs or lows, musically or emotionally. It's just a gentle, steady ride, with simple lyrics about "red rover" and lots about beauty and love. "All you are/is beautiful" -- not terribly deep, but sung in a worshipful way to melt the heart.

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  1. Essential Aussie Songbook ~ Various Artists
  2. Walking on Locusts ~ John Cale
  3. Dave Gleason's Wasted Days ~ Dave Wasted Days Gleason
  4. Artificial Intelligence ~ John Cale
  5. Coma Girl ~ Joe Strummer
  6. Freak Out! ~ The Mothers of Invention
  7. Love Songs of the 80's ~ Various Artists
  8. Independence ~ Slur
  9. Sweet Somewhere Bound ~ Jackie Greene
  10. It Was High Time to Escape ~ 31Knots

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Fire ~ Matt Bianco

Art of the Jazz Organ Trio ~ Tri-Ocity

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Future 2 Future ~ Herbie Hancock

Dizrhythmia ~ Dizrhythmia

Wolfgang Petry ~ Wolfgang Petry

Gare Gare ~ Sona Diabate

O Passado Que Vá ~ Michel and Jeff

Obra Guitarristica 8 ~ Leo Brouwer