Odd Box Review 10/8

We're a bit behind with being up to date and so I really need to catch up on reviews and other news.... First up it was lovely to see this unseen review about the LP on OddBox upon doing a google just now..

My vinyl copy of ‘Songs For Tuesdays’ arrived today. And the first thing I have to say is that Slumberland Records have excelled themselves with this release. On looks alone it’s a contender for LP of the year – the sleeve is gorgeous and when you crack it open you are presented with a work of art – a beautiful slab of multi coloured vinyl (see above). Wow. There really are no more words to describe it. Just wow. Then you pop the record on the deck and you’re confronted with a record that makes your heart sing. This is indiepop that makes you feel alive. The band seem to have an underlying garage sound which is a perfect foil to their summer pop songs that make up ‘Songs For Tuesday’.

I’d made the mistake of downloading this LP on E-music before hearing it on vinyl. Mistake I say? I don’t usually buy the it sounds better on vinyl maxim when it comes to albums. But boy, if there ever was a case to convert me to this view point it would be this record. With the LP booming out of my speakers I have taken notice of a record that I had thought was merely ‘alright’ on MP3. This record is so far past alright it’s kinda criminal to think I ever felt anything less than enthusiastic for it. Songs like ‘Fulton Girls’ come alive and the punchy guitar/organ combo is a delight and this organ meets guitar sound permeates the whole record. Elsewhere highlights are plentyful – be that the pure pop of ‘Christopher Wren’ or the dizzying garage stomp of ‘Lonely Planet’. I think it’s gonna be tough to find a better release this year. A bold claim, but one that might just hold water come the end of year polls.

August 10th, 2009

A Fog of Ideas Review

What a lovely review to read first thing thing in the morning...

Afogofideas Blogspot
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Summer Cats 'Songs For Tuesdays'
Previous singles on Cloudberry and WeePOP! made it damn clear that this Melbourne 5 piece (2g's/3b's) possess a seemingly effortless ability to craft irresistible fizzing sparking all action 3 minute pop songs... 'Songs For Tuesdays' (Slumberland) shows the band flexing more muscle, sounding altogether beefier and brawnier, more dynamic...

Damn this album has pep

On this LP Summer Cats sound like... hmm... an early super poppy Stereolab crossed with Besties/Bunnygrunt laced with the crunching, clattering 'contents of a cutlery drawer tossed down a speeding escalator' guitars of Perth's possibly forgotten (by the many but not the eager few) This Poison!

It's just a freaking great POP record... all killer no filler... it swaggers, shimmies and it moves your hips and makes your heart soar and sometimes sore and I want to be surrounded by people who dig it too and we can all dance to it and whoop and holler; because it's a party record... because this is a POP band and they write tunes they clearly want to play and enjoy and enjoy playing to people and presumably they'll get off on that... the fun and the happiness they bring.

And isn't that enough?

I haven't got the luxury to sit about and get all academic and fwa-fwa-fwa about music... the music I crave has an immediacy

And I don't know what the purpose of blogs is/are beyond people just spouting on and on (sometimes winningly, sometimes not) but this LP's made me skip to the laptop (not literally) and post and I won't be the only one that does that... and I don't care what the critics say, whether they like this or not because I know... I know this is a great fucking record.

I don't really know what else to tell you... I doubt anyone's reading this anyway... so I'm posting this for myself... yeh... and what I'm telling myself is 'thank flip for this record' because it's serving it's purpose and making me feel carried away

I should've written a review of the Indietracks festival which happened a fortnight ago but I never...This seems more NOW and Indietracks is another 12 months away anyway (mind you this years was fucking amazing, so maybe I will write about it soon...)'Songs For Tuesdays' is just a fucking great record, if you think you might like it go and buy it, if you don't, I'm not bothered, I like it, I think I might fall in love with it over the next weekI think I might be already in love with it... you know what loves like, I hope, that sudden rush

Summer Cats have that all over it.
x

Posted by a fog of ideas in the UK. Read the Blog here
Labels: Slumberland, The Summer Cats

ALL MUSIC GUIDE !!!!

AMG REVIEW for Songs for Tuesdays!!!


And a previous AMG review for Scratching Post...


How exciting!

Berkeley Place Review

14th July 2009
Berkeley Place blog is found here

Russell's Blog Review

Wednesday 29th July
Hey hey, it’s twee power pop! Which can only be a good thing, seeing how much I love a bit of power pop. OK, Let’s Go might not be knock kneed twee, but it does have its sensitive side. Hey You is where the Pooh Sticks meet The Beach Boys, sun in its heart and a keen way with a melody. Super chirrups by on an organ wave, while In June is a gorgeously strummed indie pop duet, shining brightly. Wild Rice sees them stake a claim to take on The Lucksmiths kings of indie pop mantle, Christopher Wren is another sumptuous jangly popper, but Maybe Pile sees more of the same. The album is becoming a little repetitious, but let’s be honest; the standard is pretty darn good so it doesn’t matter. Maybe Pile is in fact one of the better tracks, with a warm syrupy effect to the singers voice. Lonely Planet channels the spirit of rock n roll through a shaky indie pop tune, rocking from side to side. Camel Cords reminds me of keyboard led sixties garage rock fun, while St Tropez jingles away for a dream of far off places and more fun times. It’s a celebratory penultimate track on a neat album. It would have made a better end than Paperweight, which although decent, is fairly nondescript.
Russell's Blog

It's a shame the tour is over..

Going back a couple of weeks...