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Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader |
I’ll struggle to go the entire review without muttering his name, so I may as well spit it out now; Tim Kinsella. This album absolutely reeks of him, which is no bad thing when you love Cap’n Jazz, Owls, Joan of Arc and Make Believe as much as me.
Once you get past the fact Algernon completely rip these bands (as well as American Football, and the Promise Ring, to an extent) you realise what a fantastic record they have produced.
The bouncy basslines, noodling, tappy guitars and off-key yelps combine to create an album that makes you want to stick on your shorts and sunglasses and go running off along a Californian beach in the sun.
It twinkles, claps, cheers and flies along at this crazy, upbeat pace whilst managing to stay melodic and summery.
Matt Benn
Algernon Cadwallader official website: http://circley.net/algernon/ |