Word: songfulness
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...Give It Lose It Take It,” opens the album on a fairly promising note, marked by xylophones, Beatles guitar, and compelling vocals set over an up-tempo beat. Early hopes are dashed, though, by the entrance of a cheesy synth midway through the song that quickly turns it into the soundtrack of an old Nintendo game...
...second track, “Sit Tight,” features piano reminiscent of “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” and again seems like it could be something special. As with the previous track, though, a fairly good song (in this case, one with an even better bridge) is marred in the end by random beat-boxing by one of the band members...
...Tones of Town,” the title track, underscores the album’s descent, revolving around two guitar notes and alternating rhythms. This song also exaggerates the album’s jerkiness, as the stop-and-go movement doesn’t allow it to get off its own feet...
...Beatles’ tradition in a way that makes for a thoroughly enjoyable listen. With heavily distorted guitar that could come out of “Mean Mr. Mustard” and strings similar to those from “Eleanor Rigby,” the song presents a new twist that will hopefully be expanded upon in future recordings...
...They strike pose after pose for the mound of photographers at the head of the runway, assaulted by the whirring and flashing of cameras.As for the clothing, Bartlett uses three main palettes: beige, brown and green, and black with red. Each palette is accompanied by a different unrecognizable techno song. “I have a prejudice towards John Bartlett,” says Gunn in an interview with The Crimson after the Bartlett show. “He’s a classic American designer with a twist...always pushing the envelope.” Bartlett?...