STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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September 29, 2010

The Needy Visions – s/t LP (Motorcycle Face/Bodies of Water)

Ten songs of shambling, built-to-annoy-the-punters pop from Boston, MA (part of the Whitehaus collective). The Needy Visions shuffle around country and bubblegum pop tropes like drunks staggering home after last call. There’s something here, though, something beneath these songs which compels you to listen to them again. The lowbrow dressings the band applies to the presentation can’t hide the spreading tunefulness of the enterprise, and ultimately we have a no-more-or-less situation where the more side of the equation wins out with each repeat spin. There’s strength here, and with the right amount of treatment these would be big hit songs on the radio, even. A much better time than the ballgazing album cover would lead you to think. (http://www.myspace.com/theneedyvisions)
(Doug Mosurock)

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