#53
February 1984 (Housekeeping)
The Pale Fountains
Pacific Street
3 out of 5
Highlights:
Natural
The first 30 seconds of “Reach” suggest one kind of band and the, the song takes a hard left turn to semi-twee, dream pop and I’m in. Then the second song starts off, just like “Reach” with some crooning introduction and they do it again, only this time they spend a little more time on the ballideering than the rock and I’m out. Hmm…
They seem to have one gear, treacle, and I’m about to give up until they kick up the jams on “Natural”, which comes in the nick of time.
They seem to have one gear, treacle, and I’m about to give up until they kick up the jams on “Natural”, which comes in the nick of time.
But the rest of the record is so smooth and comfortably confident it’s almost easy to forget that the songs aren’t really that great. Not much to hold on to, I found myself longing for Paul Weller to step in and fix them.
This album is only available for streaming (and incompletely) on Youtube. Sorry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cztytBTEICw&list=PLEEE6B346AE9E7DC9
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