The Carolines are from Portland, Oregon and create power pop indie-rock style, that would both appeal to pure power pop fans and fans of indie-rock styled pop. Sort of like Beulah playing the early Posies or Ben Folds Five catalog. The album is a bit on the laid back side, but what surprised me was how immediate its charms were on first listen, because I tend to look for an album to hit me between the eyes out of the gate---and this one did despite its lack of power pop guitar vigor and vinegar. No need, its vaguely baroque-pop ala 70`s singer/songwriter-via-Parasol Record pop charms hit me every bit as hard as I like a release to. Many others agree, too...read on: "The Carolines have made one of the most impressive albums that critics (like yours truly) have heard. It`s a blend of pure pop, with enough of a rock edge to never be too sweet. Baroque pop meets Seventies rock? The Carolines should be--and are going to be--hailed for creating such a blend. Critics liked to make comparisons to Paul McCartney and Todd Rundgren, though others liked to point out that they have skills that also reminds you heavily of Superdrag, Superchunk circa Jim O`Rourke and/or Ben Folds, and that the worst song on the album (which is impossible for me to determine as they`re all equally awesome) still sounds like the best song ever written by Ken Stringfellow on a bad day. As this critic would like to point out, the only thing that could make this album better would be a horn section, but I have this feeling that it`s only a matter of time before they get one--making their already rich sound and ultra-tight harmonies even better. ..I`m going to do something right now that I never do. I`m going to make a wager with you, dear readers, about the fate of The Carolines. In one year`s time, the following things are going to happen to The Carolines. There`s going to be an indie-rock bidding war for them. Many major independent labels--and some majors--are going to want to sign them, but only one will win. (The odds are with Merge, Polyvinyl, Parasol, and Tiger Style.)."-MundaneSounds.com. "(review of song "Ooh Ooh Satisfied")...What the hell is in the water in the Portland area? First The Superficials, then Geoff Byrd, and then here comes The Carolines! Awesome chord changes that stray from your normal fair just seem to work, and lead singer Aaron Trueb sounds like a young Nick Gilder with the growl of Robin Zander. This is one of the most killer tracks to come across this desk in a long long time, and"=PopBangRadio.com. "not only remarkably innovative and energetic, but subtly addictive as well"-NorthwestBands.com. "10 radio ready tunes from this Portland 5-piece who are ready for bigger things. The amps are set on "chime and jangle" and this sounds like the good am pop you used to hear on the radio back when you were going somewhere for the weekend, your dad was driving, mom was yelling at him to slow down, and my sister and I were arguing over which radio station to keep it on."-TheDagger. "The album is loaded with catchy hooks, melodies and earnest-as-hell lyrics about love, unrequited and otherwise. Standard stuff, but so well done and often so clever that it`s hard not to like. It`s pop-rock 1970s style, with brains and feeling. While the band itself is no great digs musically -- that`s never really the focus anyway -- the songwriting drives the album forward with a dogged persistence. Some of the songs contain moments of pure pop brilliance, making the whole thing worth anyone`s time"-The Daily Emerald.
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