Well, calling your album Kind Of Blah is a hostage to fortune as it makes this reviewer go “blah blah blah, is there a thing I wanna hear on it?” And really, is there? It opens with All Dogs Go to Heaven: a mellow moper with whine-y vocals and sort of OK keyboard sounds, but… Continue reading Frog at Whisperin’ and Hollerin’
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Frog at Big Takeover
Queens, NY-based soft rock duo, Frog, offer their sophomore release, a bona fide full-length that should garner the group more notice than their largely overlooked eponymous 2013 EP (Monkfish). Though there are only two of them, Kind of Blah sounds full in the heavy reverb wash of vocalist Dan Bateman’s guitar, allowing the songs to… Continue reading Frog at Big Takeover
Marshmallow Coast at SoundsXP
We first came across Marshmallow Coast in the early noughties when the Marshmallows toured with Of Montreal and Andy Gonzalez played in that band too. The line up currently is Andy G, Derek Almstead (also ex-Of Montreal), Emily Gowden, Sara Kirkpatrick and Carlton Owens. We’ve lost touch with the more recent output, including their temporary… Continue reading Marshmallow Coast at SoundsXP
Marshmallow Coast at Stereofly
Athens’ band Marshmallow Coast release their new album Vangelis Rides Again tomorrow via HHBTM Records, and we’re debuting the “Hills Are Alive” music video to give you a little taste of what tomorrow brings, another beautiful, synthy project from Andy Gonzales (ex-of Montreal, the Music tapes, Mind Brains). We talked with Andy Gonzales about the process… Continue reading Marshmallow Coast at Stereofly
Marshmallow Coast at Warszawa
昨年カセットでは出ていましたが、ヴァイナル版となると6年ぶりです。デビュー作から丁度20年くらいが経とうとしている時期での新作です。Andy GonzalesはOf Montrealに在籍していたといっても一瞬だったと思うので、基本的にここが彼にとってはここが本拠地としてずっとやってきたと思う。そしてこの作品を聴くと、その周辺アーティストやバンド遍歴とかはあんまり関係ないというか、感じさせないとてもシンプルな演奏と歌によるもので、何気ない風景の様な音楽です。 [Link]
Marshmallow Coast at KEXP
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Marshmallow Coast at Oregon Music News
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Marshmallow Coast at Tuesday Newsday
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Marshmallow Coast at Luna Music
“The ninth album from the Elephant Six alumni is a brittle prog-pop wasteland that leaves the listener weeping and numb.” [Link]
Frog at Maximum Ink
Country-river folk spinning skinny-dipping syllogisms from hot-tip hipsters and daydreaming beatniks, “Blah,” shadow-babbles in swirling pop-culture skullduggery surfing an eclectic fusion of runaway sentences, nervous diversions and murmured worries. Rambling jam-band acoustics canoodle into sunny indie-rock wonder bundling Frog’s vernacular spectaculars into exquisite hillbilly shape-shifters curating meandering pandemonium from literate misfits for a contorted multi-storied… Continue reading Frog at Maximum Ink