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Slumberparty - Slumberparty
Label - Poptones
Rating - ****
Reviewer - James Berry

02/10/01

SLUMBER PARTY

Detroit! Rock City! Or the hood, depending on your slant. But for every D12 or, erm, Kiss that have come to characterise the city's musical persona you'd kind of hope that in a garage somewhere there was maybe a bunch of girls tripping out in their own deep psychedelic wonderland protectively clutching a copy of 'Velvet Underground & Nico' to their collective bosom as gospel and making the antithesis of 'Fight Music' with a careless ease. Wouldn't you? Well, we would and as luck would have it the dreamy Slumberparty, led by Aliccia Berg (along with Gretchen, Marcie and Leigh), are just that.

Originally out last year through the ultra-indie-indeed Kill Rock Stars in the US (previous home of, amongst others, Elliot Smith and Huggy Bear) the eponymous debut sees light of day in the UK now through Poptones. And very happily they sit on both rosters, assuming the same position at both parties; slumped in the corner of the room with the most retro 60s wallpaper, daisies around their necks, inane smiles plastered to their faces, intense glaze in their eyes, nodding their heads gently, giggling occasionally.

Centre-piece of the record and about the most focused, intense and melodic is the wonderfully dirty 'Certain Versions', swinging low in a dark place for the verse and coarsely prodding a hole out and soaring through the light with an uplifting chorus. Hard hitting and solid in a way like a husky Sleater Kinney but, well, in a slumber, the harmonies are warm and wide and the guitars supportive. Simple and expansive psychedelic pop, no space is left devoid of atmosphere. You'll get the idea very quickly, but so engaged you'll be, perked up by subtle fluctuations, you won't tire of its repetition.

Label site - www.poptones.co.uk
Band site - www.slumberparty.50megs.com


Review by James Berry for Crud Magazine©

 
 
 
 

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