Random: "Have you heard of this?", she asked. No, but I did have a Mates Of State track on a Paste Sampler CD. Fraud in the 80's, displays catchy vocal harmonies from the husband and wife duo, and some interesting pop breaks, but utimately the only thing that comes though is the super compressed, super loud, and slightly distorted mix. They should back off, try to sound a little more organic, and preferably add in more subtle vocal voicings like The New Pornographers to let the passion though instead of the loud.
Selected: Afer listening to Reach the Beach, I began to ponder whether the music was attractive only as nostalgia or if it had more depth. 1011 Woodlawn yanks The Fixx out of the studio, replaces the abrasive drum machine, with drums that show a bit more musical touch (though still too drum machine-ish) and reduces the loudness to allow some more subtle textures and the pure melody of these minimal pop songs to shine through. This disc definitely will stand up to more repeat listens than the studio discs.
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