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The Jet Age
- Domestic Disturbances
(SBR10)
Domestic
Disturbances, The Jet Age's fourth
record, finds the critically acclaimed power trio
examining the emotional fallout from the imploding
U.S. economy using the tools they know best: Sweet
melodies and thoughtful lyrics delivered via
blistering guitar rock. Stream (and buy) the
record here,
and catch the band on tour this Spring with The
Wedding Present!
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The Jet
Age - in
"Love" (SBR09)
in
"Love" is the more intimate--but
no less ambitious or rocking--follow up to the
Jet Age's '08 masterpiece What
Did You Do During the War, Daddy?
On in
"Love," the
band dismantles a couple of
relationships and holds them up to
the light, checking all the angles, in
this tale about the weight of fidelity and the
pursuit of happiness. More big Who-type
rock moves, more shoegazing psych rock,
and more Chic-isms(?) make this the
most filling TJA record yet. Not
convinced? Stream (and buy) the record here.
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The Jet
Age - What
Did You Do During The War, Daddy?
(SBR08)
The Jet Age's follow
up to 2006's critically acclaimed Breathless.
Boasting brilliant tunes, breathtaking
performances, and a headline-grabbing
concept at its heart, WDYDDTW,D? earned an 8.0 from PItchfork and
plaudits like this one from the Portland
Mercury:
" [T]he Jet
Age have crafted a concept album that
would make Pete Townshend smash his
guitar in a jealous rage."
Hear what all the fuss was about
here.
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The
Jet Age - breathless.
(SBR07)
Eric
Tischler and Greg Bennett of the
hurricane lamps join
forces
with
physics-defying
drum
monster Pete Nuwayser to deliver the
perfect record. A must for those
who love rawk. And
pop. And
guitars. And
bass. And drums.
"[Hurricane] Lamps devotees don't worry.
As consistent as the Lamps were across their
five albums, the Jet Age's Breathless
marks a huge step forward, from the
songwriting to the musicians' performances to
the production and overall ambience...
Tischler is still unleashing bright shards of
his trademark riffery and serving up literate
epistles... with this debut, the band has
clearly hit an early high."
--MAGNET
"The Jet Age takes off like a rocket to some
other planet."
--Dagger
"Jangly indie pop beefed up by big, fuzzy
guitar solos... The songs are ragged without
being sloppy and bring to mind some of the
best in the indie rock pantheon."
--The
Washington Post
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The
Hurricane Lamps - more, more, more.
(SBR06)
The hurricane
lamps' last record, and they went out with a
bang.
"...a strong reminder of
the simple joys of a great song pared to the
bare essentials and played with bucketloads of
enthusiasm. "
--Joe
Tangari,
Pitchfork Magazine
"You'll soon be falling in
love with this album."
--Pop Culture Press
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Various Artists - Wellspring: A
Benefit for Bread for the City
(SBR05)
New, rare, and exclusive tracks from
Cinerama, Bettie Serveert, the Mendoza Line,
Barbara Manning and the Go-Luckys!, Lenola, the
hurricane lamps, Saturnine, the Saturday People,
Purple Ivy Shadows, Riverside, the 'mericans,
and Metropolitan. All profits go to the
Washington, DC-based social-services provider
Bread for the City. Visit www.breadforthecity.org
for more information.
For a limited
time, we're giving away free copies of
Wellspring; just tell us you want one by
writing us at label@sonicboomerangrecords.com
and we'll send you a CD, as well as a stamped
envelope. All we ask is that, if you
like the compilation, you use the envelope to
send a donation to Bread for the City.
Thanks!
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The Hurricane Lamps -
Sing Me A Song
(SBR04)
The
Lamps get more confident with each album
they make, and on Sing Me a Song, they let their
punk edge drop to reveal their pop heart more
than ever, and the result is an adeptness at
catching melodic lightning in a bottle and
turning a phrase on a dime. More importantly--
and this is what separates an album like this
from the masses around it-- the band also has a
knack for arrangements that feel just as
substantive as the songs they support. If the
devil's in the details, they've got him pretty
much slain. It's a great record.
--Joe Tangari, Pitchfork,
10/29/03
Sing Me a Song boasts 3-D sound
characterized by fat drums, hyperkinetic bass,
swipes of cosmic-raygun synth and buoyant
guitars that nod equally in the directions of
the Clean (the fitful din of "All These
Things"), Buzzcocks (blurry anthem "Dive") and
Mission of Burma (the dissonant/angular "Judge
You All Night"). The lamps' melodic gifts have
come into their own, as evidenced in Eric
Tischler's keening vocals, the deft rendering of
lush harmonies and a previously untapped
wellspring of power-pop nuance. [T]he overall
mood is intoxicating, like a long-term promise
that's finally been, signed, sealed, and
delivered.
--Fred Mills, Magnet, 60
The hurricane lamps have struck gold with
their new album Sing Me a Song. It's their most
assertive effort yet, injecting their hazy New
Zealand pop and Swervedriver fetishes with a
shot of frayed nerves and outwardly vulnerable
vocals.
--Michael Chamy,
Austin
Chronicle, 9/19/03
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The Hurricane Lamps -
Tilting At
Windmills (SBR03)
"On their third album, the hurricane lamps
reassert that rock can be emotional without
being juvenile, can be sincere without being
pretentious, and can be rocking without being
overbearing."
--Delusions of
Adequacy
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The Hurricane Lamps -
You Deserve
What You Want (SBR02)
"[T]his album [is] a testament to the
remarkable things you can do with eight-track
technology."
--Pop Culture Detox
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The Hurricane Lamps -
Tales From The
Sink (SBR01)
"[T]he kind of record you cherish forever."
--Ink Blot Magazine
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