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Flamboyant orchestral pop doesn't get any better than this... The Hidden Cameras combine joyful ballads and dazzling rock 'n roll tunes on their third album, AWOO.
As growing pain albums go--and third albums are notoriously difficult--this one's a stunner. The lack of a single song as immediately catchy and inspired as "Ban Marriage" is a bummer on first listen, as is the absence of overly sexually-explicit imagery in every single tune. But the Toronto-based indie-pop orchestral group, masterminded by guitarist/painter/singer-songwriter Joel Gibb, is not shooting for mainstream appeal here. After al
Album Description
Flamboyant orchestral pop doesn't get any better than this... The Hidden Cameras combine joyful ballads and dazzling rock 'n roll tunes on their third album, AWOO.
As growing pain albums go--and third albums are notoriously difficult--this one's a stunner. The lack of a single song as immediately catchy and inspired as "Ban Marriage" is a bummer on first listen, as is the absence of overly sexually-explicit imagery in every single tune. But the Toronto-based indie-pop orchestral group, masterminded by guitarist/painter/singer-songwriter Joel Gibb, is not shooting for mainstream appeal here. After all, the melodies and rhythms are more complex and varied, the lyrics more evocative and oblique, and the group still seems to be very gay. The Hidden Cameras are just a little bit weirder now. The delivery is as joyous as ever, and the whole thing is still vaguely reminiscent of an overreaching Christian band camp's performance of Godspell. "Heji," for instance, sounds like Lee Ranaldo jamming along to the soundtrack to Xanadu. It turns out that it’s not a bad thing at all. The same can be said for the rest of the album, which gets even better with each listen. --Mike McGonigal
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Manufacturer: Arts & Crafts
Release date: 19 September 2006
EAN: 0827590190023 UPC: 827590190023
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