Outstanding 2nd album from The Corner Laughers that will keep fans waiting for a new album from The New Pornographers filled with plenty of pop gee. Sassy and saucy, wistful and dreamy, San Francisco`s indie-pop sweethearts The Corner Laughers combine rock-and-roll attitude with book smarts and open hearts to create a sound all their own. "Smart, bubbly pop ... The Corner Laughers` Ultraviolet Garden cuts studs its sugary hooks with quiz bowl vocabulary and surreal imagery. The tunes are airy, breezy and laced with unexpected lyrical twists ... Their second album, produced by the Orange Peels` Allen Clapp, puts a 1960s sheen onto conflicted, ebullient and intricately intelligent girl pop. All these songs are bright, sardonic, and without a trace of self pity, bouncing along on unstoppable beats and irresistible girls-rule harmonies. " - Blurt Online. "With these 13 cuts jauntily breezing by in an economical 39 minutes, Ultraviolet Garden feels like a place that Camera Obscura, They Might Be Giants, and Kirsty McColl might have strolled through at some stage. It`s simply wonderful. " - Pop Matters. The Orange Peels` Allen Clapp produced their brand-new album, " Ultraviolet Garden ," at his cozy Mystery Lawn Studio. Clapp`s guidance has greatly expanded the band`s arsenal of shimmery sounds, helping them incorporate a range of instruments including tangy and twangy vintage guitars and ukes, spacey echo boxes from the Eichler age, inhumanly precise tambourines, heavenly harpsichords and layers of angelic vocals. Their wry-and-witty yet sincere lyrics range from wide-eyed romanticism to tales of the ancient past and distant future to snappy snark and sarcasm without missing a beat, all to a backdrop of bouncy, melodic and engaging music featuring female vocals heavy on harmony, ukulele, guitars and a first-class rhythm section. It`s the sizzling fun of summer mixed with the melancholy mood of autumn.
The Corner Laughers may appear cute and cuddly but, like any wild creature, they can go from purr to hiss from one track to the next, with surprising dexterity. Though the admittedly bookish band members spend their weekdays toiling in newsrooms and science labs, their one true love is the unique musical universe they`ve developed. "Ultraviolet Garden" is going to be a favorite of many Not Lamers for many, many years to come - it`s that vital, good and worthy of repeated plays.
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