5つ星のうち5.0After months of listening I love this product
2013年9月15日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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To me it is a slow starting piece of work, takes a decent amount of time to understand the music. The packaging is great, good material, good CD, good product.
The last few years, there's been somewhat of a Britpop revival. Oasis and Jarvis Cocker released new albums in 2005 and 2006 respectively, the Kaiser Chiefs fly the flag of Britpop and, mid-last year, Duels emerged with this album; they even appear signed to a Britpop label, Nude, the home of Suede.
Duels clearly take influence from tons of the Britpop bands, as well as some post-punk, to the extent that they even toured with Graham Coxon at one point. As such, to a minor extent, this album doesn't really have anything fresh on it. However, that doesn't matter when an album is such a fabulously written and produced pop gem as this.
This punchy, sharp pop record is balanced perfectly between fast ones and slow ones, acoustic and electric, synthetic and organic. You have the motormouthed singles like 'Pressure On You' and 'Animal,' two underrated tunes, and you have the downbeat ebb and flow of 'The Monsters Are Loose' or 'The Slow Build.' There's also some nice lyrical flourishes, the anti-materialism of 'Things' or the grand standing of opener 'Brothers and Sisters.'
In another fantastic pop move, Duels save their very best song for last place. 'Taxi Song' closes the album, all synth washes and post-narcotic hazes; it's the perfect comedown from a classic pop album. This LP may not re-invent the wheel, but it doesn't need to, because it's simply pop music at its best.