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CD
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UPDATED
19/2/04
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RETROVISION
COMA USA
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'...the
perfect pop of 'Alien Hive Theme' (which should have made no.1 on
every chart everywhere) and the fun sized brilliance of the magically
moody title track alone make this an essential purchase...a handful
of contemporary classics...Igor's slippery guitar and Sally's seriously
seductive vocals combine for an exotic (nay erotic) new musical experience...' TOTAL GUITAR '...Currently the objects of an appalling a n r dribble-fest...an artful compromise between art and artifice...while the pop nous of the B52’s and Blondie loom large, a metalled-up take on the Rondelles is biting their ankles and the pop is very much kicked shitless by the rock on this set. If I had money to invest, I’d put it into Brand Violet, but only to spend the winnings on vodka n coke you understand...' UNPEELED '...an album that oozes sexual tension...from the outset ‘Retrovision’ locks it ray gun target sights...clubs you to death with the kind of melodic hook that takes up residency in your waking conscious and redecorates it to its own taste...marries together prime Blondie and classic Pixies to a devastating conclusion...keeping you fixed till the end half expecting Frankie Avalon to turn up in the middle in full S and M gear with chains ‘n’ whips...‘Retrovision Coma USA’ is all at once cute, smart and deadly...' Mark Barton LOSING TODAY '...a tapas extravaganza of (almost) unimaginable proportions...challenging, powerful, melodic...at some point, the flashback sets in (or does it?). Throbbing noises, silver saucers, sexual experimentation and strange humanoids with slanted black eyes...all this, and more, in under 45 minutes...' Juan dos Passos BETWEEN PLANETS 'Someday all pop will be made this way.' LOGO MAGAZINE '...This is really good, it's easily the best thing I've heard tonight. I like the idea of having very harsh, punk music with such cute female vocals; I think that really gets your attention...' SOUND ON SOUND |
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VOODOO
(SINGLE)
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hard to imagine how anyone could capture the slow-burning energy,
power and pure sexual tension of vocalist Sally-Anne Marsh and the
band's impossibly self-contained atom-bomb-in-a-biscuit-tin sound...Suffice
it to say Voodoo would fill the floors of clubs and BDSM clubs alike,
with both audiences equally confused and equally enthralled...' Between Planets '...Brand Violet are appearing in these pages with such regularity you might think that we were on their payroll...they've taken their standard future surf pop template on a stroll down the avenue where the freaks hang out...' (4 stars) Cliff Roberts LOGO MAGAZINE '...and your excuse for not knowing how great this band are is…. what?...Consummately outstrips its influences, its giddy melodicism would make Van Morrison smile...No doubt about to leave our modest orbit. It has been an honour to know you...' WWW.LIVECLUB.CO.UK |
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SPUTNIK
BRIDE (EP)
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| '...irresistably
seductive...rummaging through Joe Meek's cupboard looking for the
holy grail of unmistakable sounds...I'm looking forward to seeing
the look of confusion on the face of the tragically hip loser that
has to present this lot to the nation when they make it, for make
it they surely will...' (3.5 stars) Suzie Q LOGO MAGAZINE '...too damn cool for its own good...the Pixies caught red-handed hoodwinking a copy of B-52’s ‘Planet Claire’...needling riffs, dragging doom laden chords navigate a cautiously grinding groove that’s pitted in shadows and oppression and just when your at your least aware it rears its potently tipped tail sting to render you paralysed...' WWW.LOSINGTODAY.COM '...what would have happened had only Debbie Harry joined The Clash and written the soundtrack for Rocky Horror Picture Show...' WWW.GARAGEBAND.COM '...too
many nights of vodka and amphetamines. Sally-Ann Marsh can't be
bothered using her microphone, so a bull horn will have to do. This
is what rock should aspire too, not the gentle strums of guitars
your dad covets, but something cheap turned up way too loud...as
if Wendy James had balls and fronted Metallica...' |
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HEAD
(SINGLE)
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'...
sparky, spunky, spiky guitar pop with attitude and balls. The gorgeous
Sally-Anne Marsh croons and swoons whilst backed by what sounds
like Satan's helpers in Hawaiian shirts...mad buggers and all the
better for it...' |
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ALIEN
HIVE THEME (SINGLE)
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'...sinewy
scales and all the wrong chords in all the right places...the Yeah
Yeah Yeah's would kill for either of these songs...' |
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LIVE
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'...the
sex appeal of a very young Deborah Harry, the stage presence of
Patti Smith on heat and a voice of pure liquid gold...it's pop,
but it's not. It's rock without the cock. Whoever isn't signing
this band to a major is an arse of the highest order and should
be strung up by the silver spoon and slapped around the chops with
a wet ballad until good sense prevails...' |