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That Mike Sniper is a total Anglophile isn't he? His label has snared another band dealing in a sensitive, dinky style of UK New Wave. Slightly maudlin vocals sit remarkably easily alongside a fluttering, clicky drum machine & a guitar style that could only be referred to as tropical-jangle. It sounds like an Orange Juice demo if they'd have formed in the late 80s and signed to Sarah but decided Edwyn Collins was an awful singer and got in some guy who has just watched his pet cat get eaten alive by a starving fox. The flip has a bit more of a post-disco beat and some intermittent spectral guitars but i'm not sure about it. It ends up sounding like New Order playing drearily through a vestry wall in an abandoned church during a really dull seance. So A side yay, b-side - nay.
Hailing from Pavement's hometown of Stockton, CA but sounding nothing like them, Craft Spells have arrived with a great debut 7". "Party Talk" hasalready made the rounds at websites and blogs both big and small, but "Ramona" is just as worthy of a listen and might prove to be your favorite side. "Its been a long long time coming and I can't believe I was able to keep this a secret but two days ago was the official announcement that Craft Spells had signed to Captured Tracks and will have a 7'' released on the Brooklyn label. July 31st marked my last night in my home town of Stockton and it was spent listening to the sounds of Justin and Frankie at a house show. Even as the adrenaline was at a high, they took time out to make the special announcement of a Captured Tracks deal, which is huge for Stockton (seriously, there was Pavement and then....) but what is more important is that the town with a ugly reputation has produced something beautiful and like I have said so many times, something to be proud of."-See The Leaves
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