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TAPES 'N TAPES - The Loon
| MusicOMH.com | | Crashing forth on the latest wave of Internet hype, Tapes 'n Tapes are to one generation an incredible new noise and to another the promise that their old favourites from the 80s and 90s didn't grow old, split up or get fat, but rather remained angry and serated, and possessed four lads from Minnesota....full text |
| | Lost At Sea magazine | | Every year there are a couple of records released that I fall in love with fast and hard. They are albums I have on hand at all times, be it on the stereo at home or in my iPod for riding the train to and from work. These albums make my days and nights fly by because I get caught up in the wonderful sounds that lie within them. Although generally populated by new releases, there have been times when an older album finds its way into this category as well, such as the Modern Lovers' eponymous album. When I was introduced to that four years ago I listened to it until my burned copy stopped working. Needless to say, this new Tapes ‘N Tapes album is the first must-listen record of the year. ...full text |
| | MusicEmissions.com | | I'm always one to get nervous when an album gets so much praise. Tapes 'n Tapes have seen some worthy press so I decided to track down their album The Loon and give it a once over. On the surface one might dismiss Tapes 'n Tapes as just a quirky indie rock band but if you peel the outer layer off you start to see a hidden gem here. The album opens with a pretty amateurish guitar intro only to bust into quite a bouncy track entitled "Just Drums", which is anything but....full text |
| | CokeMachineGlow | The Loon succeeds where other indie debuts stall, and it lays in Tapes ’n Tapes' acute awareness of how people will approach their music.
Due to the "huge splash" they’ve made on various reputable music blogs, a superficial listener cannot help but tag their sound with the perfunctory markers of bands only associated through online exposition and placement, rather than appreciate their individuality. There could be someone out there at this very instant with eleven times my capacity for caffeine, perusing various online forums and classifying Tapes ’n Tapes as " Rockus Alternativa Blackus Franciscus."
Maybe someone’s even writing a witty repartee of how they detest their music as much as The Wizard of Oz....full text |
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