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MP3 Mock Tender - Music for Chaise Lounges and Gardens
6 MP3 Songs
POP: with Electronic Production, ELECTRONIC: Pop Crossover
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Half gooey, organic confection, half machine drilled bliss-pop, "Music for Chaise Lounges and Gardens" is the six-song debut from Portland musicians Mock Tender.
The album banks on an intriguing combination of sundazed classic pop (think Brian Wilson), a palette of sounds borrowed from a streamlined future, and flourishes of psychedelia that are liable to creep up on the listener before they know what''s hit them.
Add to this a generous helping of shimmering vocal harmonies and you begin to understand that this music, despite its title, isn''t garden variety.
Nowhere is the album''s musical bent more apparent than "Cat''s-Eye-Green Sea."
It starts with a stripped down arrangement of solo voice and synthesized piano, the combination sounding quite stark compared to the majestic weight to which it eventually builds.
"World keeps spinning, a new life beginning" is the lyric, and indeed this dense production coupled with the song''s down-tempo feel evokes the presence of a world silently progressing and dying to be reborn.
Other highlights include "Falling Down", heavy with Cocteau Twins-style melancholy and dreamy vocals that capture the listener''s attention rather than putting them to sleep, and "The Sun", a fast-moving number filled with lush harmonies, orchestral grandeur, and the infectious optimism of sunlight.
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