The Meeting Places - Find Yourself Along The Way

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4...according to our Brian on Fri 29 Dec, 2006.

The Meeting Places have a CD out on Words On Music that combines a catchy, dreamy indie-pop sound with the guitar effect maelstrom that so enriched the tunes of Slowdive & Kitchens Of Distinction et all.. I think they once called it 'shoegazing'. The tracks on 'Find Yourself Along The Way', a CD only album, are all of superior quality to much of the guff out there & I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying it ya know!

The Meeting Places' debut CD was recorded in Autumn, 2002 by Aaron Espinonza, the heralded musician [Earlimart] and producer [Elliot Smith, The Breeders, Folk Implosion]. While the album's elements and textures evoke the best of the early 1990s dream pop tradition (Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, and Ride), singer Chase Harris' inimitable vocal delivery leads the quartet into memorable, unfamiliar sonic territory. "Freeze Our Stares" launches the album with Scott McDonald's trademark thick, shimmered coatings of guitar resonance. Harris' cool, self-assured vocal melodies on "You Could Never Be the One" and "On Our Own" hint of vintage Jesus and Mary Chain. "See Through You" is a more casual, but no less poignant, excursion into more delicate melodic structures, recalling Souvlaki-era Slowdive. Dean Yoshihara's nimble drumming propels the buoyant "Wide Awake" and ushers "Same Lies As Yesterday" through to its soaring chorus. "Take to the Sun" is a three-act epic suggesting Spiritualized leading with Harris' distant vocals, transitioning into Arthur Chan's bass-driven middle act, and ending with a noise-laden coda.

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