Self-Assembly

Self-Assembly Artist: Noonday Underground
Label: Bar/None Records
Category: Music


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


UPC: 032862011825
EAN: 0032862011825
ASIN: B00005A8ED


Release Date: 2001-07-10

Self-Assembly


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Tracks:

  1. The Light Brigade
  2. London
  3. Hello
  4. Hush
  5. The Hooded Claw
  6. Marvellous
  7. When You Leave
  8. Rock Steady
  9. Where Have They Gone
  10. On Sunday Noon
  11. Inside
  12. Never Go Away
  13. We Saw The Midnight
  14. The Good Old Summer Time
  15. Wonderful Tonight

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Retro-futuristic wonderment!.......2006-01-29

Noonday Underground is Daisy Martey's old band (the new chick singer for Morcheeba's last CD). This '60s Britpop-infused release is the first album from former Adventures In Stereo creator Simon Dine and Daisy. With Stax soul, Beatles, and Left Banke leanings left over from his former band, Dine gathered a live band to compile a catchy, groovy album.

Bleating horns, lounge melodies, and garage rock tendencies make Noonday Underground reminiscent of French Ye Ye compilations, while spooky theremin electronics, sampled easy-listening chorus-filled tunes, and a female vocal draw comparisons to Broadcast. When the second song, "London" swings in, however, singer Daisy Martney's Janis Joplin-meets-Petula Clark vocals brush Noonday Underground's contemporaries aside. "Self Assembly" also features mellower numbers such as "Marvellous," which continue the retro-futuristic theme, sampling more choral Weather Report-like harmonies. Funky basslines and some hopping organ chords inject a little soul into the mix, making the album a varied trip through retro-futuristic wonderment.

4 out of 5 stars

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