The Shortwave Set
No Social
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Description: | 7" on Wall Of Sound |
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| Format: | 7" (vinyl) | |
| Genre(s): | Indie Pop | |
| Label: | Wall of Sound | |
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The Shortwave Set
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Description: | 7" on Wall Of Sound |
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| Format: | 7" (vinyl) | |
| Genre(s): | Indie Pop | |
| Label: | Wall of Sound | |
| Price: |
£2.09
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...according to our Mingus on 17 April 2008.
‘No Social’ is the perfect preview to the forthcoming follow up album
‘Replica Sun Machine’, the psychedelic pop adventure of the year, where
acid-bright sunshine casts eerie shadows and illuminates uncomfortable
truths and ‘No Social’ pulls all these elements together beautifully.
At
the invitation of production maestro Danger Mouse (a huge fan of the
band’s debut album ‘The Debt Collection’) The Shortwave Set, label-less
and virtually penniless, maxed out their credit cards for a trip to Los
Angeles last June, where they wasted no time in availing themselves of
the string arranging talents of Van Dyke Parks (legendary Beach Boys
collaborator – ‘Smile’, ‘Heroes and Villains’ etc) and the distinctive
soundscapes and atmospherics of The Velvet Underground’s John Cale. The
resulting album ‘Replica Sun Machine’, is an
impossible-to-get-out-off-your-head trip, like a European Flaming Lips
inspired by the baroque pop of the Left Banke, the cinematic scope of
Serge Gainsbourg and the discomforting drama of Nico's solo albums.
Released
across four formats, the B-sides to ‘No Social’ feature ‘White Lie’ an
equally endearing psychedelic pop masterpiece. The package is rounded
off perfectly with a suitably leftfield mix by Glasgow’s finest Optimo
and an instrumental version on the 10” and download.