Horsepower
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Category: Music
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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
EAN: 9416579010547
ASIN: B00067GJ9I
Release Date: 2004-09-14 |
Horsepower
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Album Description
The debut long player from Wellington six-piece The Phoenix Foundation, 'Horse Power' is a sophisticated album with a well-developed sound, defying categorisation but with a unifying thread of gentle melancholy. It's a sort of eclectic blend suggesting elements of Pavement, Radiohead and Blur - pale-tinted vocal harmonies glowing behind a canvas of ambient rock-pop. Meandering bass lines, gentle rhythms and melodies create a veil of sound, filmy enough to catch the breeze but too strong to push aside.
Customer Reviews:
New Zealand does it again.......2006-01-01
New Zealand has a grand tradition of regularly producing wonderful new sounds that defy easy categorisation - Split Enz, The Clean, Headless Chickens etc. The Phoenix Foundation continues that tradition (and of course is nothing like the other bands listed). A remarkably alternative sound but ultimately beautiful songs with enigmatic lyrics that reward careful and repeated listening. A second album, Pegasus, is now also out and is just as strong - but of course different. A level of muscial structure that is simply a joy!
Addictive.......2005-06-05
Like a good Pavement or Radiohead album, this one grows and grows on you with repeated listening.
The Phoenix Foundation hail from Wellington, New Zealand and as such are unlikely to get much in the way of international exposure.
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