Saturday, August 14, 2010

#152 The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane

Another band from the latest Believer, this time in interview form. It bears mentioning this was the music issue, so it inspired more bands than usual.

This just isn't for me. Its kind of late 80's indie-esque rock, sweet, occaisionally pretty, but ultimately watery and uninteresting. It sounds like a bit like REM, Belle and Sebastien, u2's ballady stuff, and The Smiths, but sort of watery, uninteresting versions of each. I'm not going to make this more complicated than it needs to be: there's some nice lines here and there, some pleasant melodies, but this is at its core strummy, slow paced lovestruck pop that I don't have much use for 2/5

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