ction Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Wednesday, March 5, 2008: Here's a clip by local power pop superstars, Julie Ocean: I like them a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobfrombob Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Is the band name a tribute to the Undertones song? Great video, super song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 That is GREAT! No kidding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 "why does alex look so pissed all the time""why does alex look so pissed all the time""why does alex look so pissed all the time""why does alex look so pissed all the time" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 Is the band name a tribute to the Undertones song? It is, indeed. They have an album coming out this Spring, which I am very excited to hear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Just checked out the video. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 guess I have to look at this when I get home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Where's the free shit, street-team? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=...10:dzfoxzwjldte The target audience for this Washington D.C. pop combo doesn't need to be told that Julie Ocean isn't a female solo artist: they already have the Undertones' classic 1981 single of the same name memorized. They're also well familiar with the quartet's previous work, particularly singer/guitarist Jim Spellman's stint in much-beloved alterna-popsters Velocity Girl and fellow singer/guitarist Terry Banks' string of cult favorite twee-pop acts, including Glo-Worm, the Saturday People and Tree Fort Angst. Happily, Long Gone and Nearly There isn't a throwback, either to the mid-'90s indiepop scene or to the '80s UK records (like "Julie Ocean" itself) that directly inspired so many of those bands. These ten songs are utterly timeless: the bracing, jangly rush of the barely two-minute opener "Ten Lonely Words" could have been recorded at any point from 1965 onwards. Crucially, however, there is no sense of retro kitsch even on the most overtly backwards-looking tracks here: "#1 Song" and "My Revenge" are pure sweet-tooth power pop, right down to the falsetto harmonies and the fakeout endings, but Julie Ocean are no Flamin Groovies-style genre copycats. "Here Comes Danny" is so overstuffed with clever turns of lyrical phrase, ear-grabbing production tricks and good old-fashioned hooks that its five minutes whiz past in a seeming blink, but what's most impressive about Long Gone and Nearly There is that nearly every other track on the album manages the same trick in less than three minutes flat: Julie Ocean understand that brevity is the soul of pop, and that a perfectly constructed two-minute pop song is half as effective at twice the length. When the album's over just barely 25 minutes after it began, the only logical response is to start the whole thing over again. I am REALLY looking forward to this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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