Title: Flatlands with a couple peaks
Review: I bought this because I liked the song "El President" which I had seen on M2. I knew nothing of the band or song (not even the Radiohead connection). I still like "El President". I think the ethereal laments punctuated by Spanish flamenco style guitars works well.However the rest of the album is pretty lackluster. "I Know I Could" has some moments of interest for me, and "White Magic for Lovers" has a moody aura, but other than that the CD gets pretty standard.What is interesting to me is that many of the songs sound a *lot* like "My Bloody Valentine" gone pop. I really liked MBV's "Loveless" album because of it's wall-of-noise and very non-pop sound. Cleaning up that sound for the mainstream takes out the most interesting aspects, which is how I see many of the songs on "White Magic for Lovers".Since it has some sparks of originality, I gave it a 2 instead of a 1.
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