Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Brilliant Colors

Add Date: July 19 

Artist: Brilliant Colors 

Album: Again and Again 

Label: Slumberland 

Genre: Rock, indie pop 

Comments: From the promoter: "Inspired by post-punk fervor and the spiky pop of C86 and early Flying Nun/Creation label output, San Francisco's Brilliant Colors stake out a unique spot in the indie music landscape... Again and Again... represents a great next step for the band. The songwriting is still as infectious as ever, but the tunes are now more carefully arranged, pushing the band far beyond their punk roots to something as elemental as pop gets."

It's easy to hear the influences of The Clean (New Zealand's finest, and hence the Flying Nun reference above) and '80s British indie pop on this sophomore LP from Brilliant Colors. After excellent opener "Hey Dan", Again and Again takes a while to get going, but the second half of the record is spectacular. Spin tracks 9, 1, 8 and 10.

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