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Rave Review from August 4
DO THE ROBOT - The First Names
From
the DIY fabric-textured and screen-printed cover to the
perfectly-crafted indie pop contained within it, there’s certainly a
lot of love about this humble gem of a record from Brisbane’s favourite
newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Deasy. A vinyl and CDR combo, The First Names
is a joy from the first listen – 8 tracks of subtly-sentimental golden
melodies, reverb-drenched and hopelessly enchanting. While their
technical prowess is more than impressive, it's the intimacy of the
record that is most hypnotic: the loving and intriguingly-innocent
presence of the Deasy’s themselves beaming through the layers of
glockenspiels and keyboards, bleeding guitar and vocal harmonies. From
the chiming guitar bells and lyrical sweetness of opening track
‘Europe’, The First Names
does not dull for a moment with its tightly-packed oft-shoegazerish
swoon of melodies, all topped off with the musical-jewellery-box,
romantic twee of ‘Birthday’. Turn it up loud for maximum textural
appreciation.
TESS CURRAN
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Release date: 1997-04-29 |
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