Liechtenstein/ The Faintest Ideas - Searching For The Now 5

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4...according to our Brian on Thu 06 Aug, 2009.

Liechtenstein are featured on the new Slumberland 7" in their 'Searching For the Now' series and they have one of their more Amelia Fletcher inspired songs called 'This Must Be Heaven' gracing the A side, well summery, skippety & feelgood with the shared vocal harmonies almost choral in their angelic majesty. Or summat. The Faintest Ideas have two tracks, the first with an obscenely long title that'd take up half my review space to type out so I'll just say it sounds well C86 buzzsaw, like Let's Wrestle with less yelpy vox, the second track by them reminds me strongly of Sarah period Boyracer, proper rattly and electrifyingly shambolic with these massively contrasting male vocals each taking a piece of the action. Absolutely LOVE that tune! Rampant Anglophilia conducted impressively by both parties, buy the freaking set collectors!

Slumberland’s popular split single series returns with two new installments. Searching For The Now 5 is an all-Swedish offering. On the A-side is a track from Gothenburg’s Liechtenstein, a band that marries the angularity of post-punk groups like The Mo-Dettes with the pop appeal of Talulah Gosh or The Aislers Set. “This Must Be Heaven” is exclusive to this single and a superlative example of the ladies’ love of upbeat, C86-style pop. The Bside features fellow Gothenburg band The Faintest Ideas, whose chaotic pop tunes have blazed a singular path through the indie world since their formation as The Javelins in 2003. Influenced by punk rock, caffeine, and perhaps a lager or two, The Faintest Ideas haven’t even a whiff of twee about them, their feedback-laced attack finding more in common with The Wedding Present, Bright Lights, and Boyracer than most indie pop bands.
The two songs on this single are otherwise unreleased and were recorded by Markus Görsch (Love Is All) and Wyatt Cusick (The Aislers Set).

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