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Talk about coy: the Modern Skirts' second album indicates no label, nor does it identify the bandmembers -- though the sketchy liner information does identify guest star producers Mike Mills (of R.E.M.) and David Lowery (of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker). In place of liner notes, the insert features a series of willfully strange watercolor paintings. If the band's music were similarly quirky and ambiguous, the album might be more annoying than engaging. But in fact, the Modern Skirts' brand of rock is so poppy and sweetly melodic that it borders, at times, on easy listening. Whether they mean it ironically or not, the inclusion of mellotrons, vibraphones, "dah-dah-dah" and "oooh-aaah" choruses, and at least one guitar solo that seems to be quoting from the Willy Wonka song "Pure Imagination" ends up feeling kind of kitschy, and while it's all quite enjoyable, you come away wondering how much of your enjoyment was actually arch amusement. Maybe it doesn't matter. "Radio Breaks" sounds like Ben Folds with better hooks; "Eveready" sounds like Fastball with a softer center; "Astronauts" sounds like what the Beatles might have sounded like if they'd spent a week listening to Jim Reeves albums. All of it adds up to plenty of slightly self-conscious, but still genuine, pop fun.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Modern Skirts, Composer, MainArtist - Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
Album review
Talk about coy: the Modern Skirts' second album indicates no label, nor does it identify the bandmembers -- though the sketchy liner information does identify guest star producers Mike Mills (of R.E.M.) and David Lowery (of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker). In place of liner notes, the insert features a series of willfully strange watercolor paintings. If the band's music were similarly quirky and ambiguous, the album might be more annoying than engaging. But in fact, the Modern Skirts' brand of rock is so poppy and sweetly melodic that it borders, at times, on easy listening. Whether they mean it ironically or not, the inclusion of mellotrons, vibraphones, "dah-dah-dah" and "oooh-aaah" choruses, and at least one guitar solo that seems to be quoting from the Willy Wonka song "Pure Imagination" ends up feeling kind of kitschy, and while it's all quite enjoyable, you come away wondering how much of your enjoyment was actually arch amusement. Maybe it doesn't matter. "Radio Breaks" sounds like Ben Folds with better hooks; "Eveready" sounds like Fastball with a softer center; "Astronauts" sounds like what the Beatles might have sounded like if they'd spent a week listening to Jim Reeves albums. All of it adds up to plenty of slightly self-conscious, but still genuine, pop fun.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:29
- Main artists: Modern Skirts
- Composer: Modern Skirts
- Label: Modern Skirts Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
Modern Skirts & 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP) 2009 Happy Goes Upstairs Music (ASCAP)
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