Tender Trap- Ex Heavenly lady Amelia Fletcher (the
indie equivalent to Madonna) returns with new band after giving
up on Marine Research. Only heard a bit but it's not as twee as
I thought it would be. Tis a bit psychedlic in places, a bit rocking in
others. Smart honest indie pop music. Am gonna have to play this more
cos it's a bit of a winner I reckon. Film Molecules is cool.....
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What their label says...
Amelia Fletcher has been a vibrant center of the K universe for over ten years now, with her many experiments in crashpop propulsion: first the punkific Talulah Gosh, which melded into Heavenly and then the graceful Marine Research. She reemerges after a three year hiatus with the stripped to the bone pop-perfect Tender Trap. A collaboration with Rob Pursey (Heavenly, Marine Research) and former Marine Research drummer DJ on the sequences and keyboards, this latest amalgamation takes flight with resounding resiliency and speed. Tender Trap songs are designed to be as clear and as simple as possible. Short songs, stripped down and with all the scaffolding removed to find out what lives inside. Discovering that even when rooms are completely empty they still house ghosts. Recorded mostly away from studios. Trying to understand the ways of sound molecules. Film Molecules is preceded by the 45 Face of 73 (IPU102), included here as well, it is just one of thirteen songs, each a cudgel of hooked-out popness. One of the main differences between this and the earlier material by these folks is the programming and sequencing by DJ Downfall, which, without sacrificing any of the raw emotive power, calibrates the feelings expressed to maximum effect. Thirteen songs: fin Oh Katrina You and Me Face of 73 That Girl Talk in Song Chemical Reaction Son of Dorian Gray Emma Dyspraxic Love Is Red/Green Brown Eyes You Are Gone (So You Should Go)
