All Night Radio
Spirit Stereo Frequency
(Sub Pop)
For this release, former Beachwood Sparks members Dave Scher and Jimi Hey traveled back in time to 1969 record an album that they knew would be doomed on commercial radio in 2004, but would captivate fans of unique and intelligent music. At least that’s what it sounds like: reverb out the wazoo, smart and hook-laden pop compositions, perfect double-tracked harmonics, and enough studio toys to make the listener hear something new on the 20th…no…200th listen. Many recent “alternative symphony” albums have used samples and machines to cover up flaws in their songwriting. All Night Radio uses the studio to maximize the potential of the brilliantly composed symphonies in their heads. And to think, this was just supposed to be some throwaway side project. Yeah, OK. Whatever. Buy this thing before they go back to making those ho-hum Beachwood albums.
Posted by colrus at April 20, 2004 01:29 PM | TrackBack