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...experience, nonetheless, prepared Rich and Rudder for future ventures. They sent themselves on a small east coast tour, playing hundreds of shows during the band??s two-year stint. After graduation, both settled in Cambridge and found jobs away from music—Rudder as an editor with TheSpark.com, Rich as an assistant to documentary filmmaker Erroll Morris...
Still, the city has been kind to Bishop Allen, and unexpected Ivy League connections in the artistic community have given welcome support. The band reports that their New York shows are regularly attended by alumni from all the band??s alma maters...
...latest from the Aislers Set immediately recalls the lush chamber-pop of Belle & Sebastian, the Set’s touring partners from last spring. That band??s Sixties-tinged aesthetic is favored over the crunchy noise-pop that filled the Aislers Set’s first two albums, and much of lead singer Amy Linton’s previous career with Henry’s Dress...
...golden age. Though Linton’s vocals mostly hit the mark, she is sometimes too ambitious. Her voice never quite passes as sultry, and is over-affected enough to hurt the slower numbers. The fast songs are the album’s best, showing off the band??s post-punk roots—especially on “Languor in the Balcony” and “The Train #2.” The latter serves up distorted vocals and squalls of guitar noise while throwing in timely lyrics from the Smiths...
...band comes off as irreverent, with Kyle getting credit for bass, singing and “Sock,” and Roadie (the band??s major force in songwriting) for playing the guitar and “Shot Glass.” Unfortunately, this isn’t manifested as whimsical lyrics or playful guitar lines in the music, but rather as amateurish simplicity...