The Fresh and Onlys - August In My Mind

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4...according to our Dave on Thu 25 Mar, 2010.

This album fills the appropriate Indie rock gaps. Twee factor 10? Check."Saucy" cover. Check. Jangly guitars? Wordy cerebral vocals? Check. I'd say this release is pretty strong though, and I'm sure the prospect of catching these guys live or on record must be a tight pant-wetting prospect for hipsters all over the place. For me the best song on this album is the title track "August in My Mind". It has a haunting quality that only the hardest of men could deny. It's not a bad album, but that song really stuck with me long after my brief listen. The rest of the albums is usual indie fare, but don't let that deter you from a listen or mebbe even a purchase...Good night America, where ever you are (smoldering sax outro..)

After soem great records in 2009, theres a new album on In The Red due in the Summer, a bunch of super cool 7"s on a wide variety of labels, UK tour in May, ATP in May, 2010 will be the year that F&O broke...amazing stuff from San Francisco, skewed pop, with swoooping choruses and a real "punk" detail, really hard to pigeon hole, draw from all sorts of rock, psyhedelia, even Mid 80's Australian / US indie rock stalwarts..but a furious brew of their own, 6 tracks on here..every one of them an instant skewed pop classic. "...the San Francisco crew s releasing a great six-song EP on Captured Tracks early next month called August In My Mind... they kick up an excellent, hazy dust storm with the standout opener Diamond In The Dark. (Really, people should pay more attention to these folks )" -Stereogum Like the vinyl Cassette version is strictly one way also!!

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