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A remixed, resequenced version of what had been Mother Mother's D.I.Y. self-titled debut from 2006, Touch Up is an engagingly quirky folk-rock record strongly reminiscent of both the Roches and the trio's Vancouver compatriots the Be Good Tanyas. The biggest difference is that one-third of the trio, singer-guitarist Ryan Guldemond, is a boy-type person with a voice considerably less sweet than those of his sister Molly Guldemond and family friend Debra-Jean Creelman: his yelping leads on "Verbatim" and "Neighbour" show why Molly and Debra-Jean's close harmonies are the dominant factor here. But as long as the girls are handling the lead vocals, the songs on Touch Up are charmingly jagged bits of alt-folk very much akin to the Roches' '70s and '80s flirtations with art rock, new wave and modern jazz. The title track in particular, a pop/rock gem with slightly neurotic lyrics about makeovers, would fit perfectly on the New York sisters' albums. On its own merits, Touch Up has its flaws -- Ryan's weak lead vocals, some distractingly gimmicky vocal arrangements that seem to be hiding the album's less melodically developed songs -- but they're offset by the trio's likeably odd lyrical obsessions and playful ease.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Mother Mother, MainArtist
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
Album review
A remixed, resequenced version of what had been Mother Mother's D.I.Y. self-titled debut from 2006, Touch Up is an engagingly quirky folk-rock record strongly reminiscent of both the Roches and the trio's Vancouver compatriots the Be Good Tanyas. The biggest difference is that one-third of the trio, singer-guitarist Ryan Guldemond, is a boy-type person with a voice considerably less sweet than those of his sister Molly Guldemond and family friend Debra-Jean Creelman: his yelping leads on "Verbatim" and "Neighbour" show why Molly and Debra-Jean's close harmonies are the dominant factor here. But as long as the girls are handling the lead vocals, the songs on Touch Up are charmingly jagged bits of alt-folk very much akin to the Roches' '70s and '80s flirtations with art rock, new wave and modern jazz. The title track in particular, a pop/rock gem with slightly neurotic lyrics about makeovers, would fit perfectly on the New York sisters' albums. On its own merits, Touch Up has its flaws -- Ryan's weak lead vocals, some distractingly gimmicky vocal arrangements that seem to be hiding the album's less melodically developed songs -- but they're offset by the trio's likeably odd lyrical obsessions and playful ease.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:00
- Main artists: Mother Mother
- Label: Last Gang
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2007 Last Gang Records Inc. 2007 Last Gang Records Inc.
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