Float

Float

Track Listings

1. Cool Breeze

2. Not Far Away

3. Blue

4. Doorways

5. Treadmill

6. Mystery

7. Innerout

8. Fragile

9. I know You

10. Starry Night

11. Hold On (float mix)

Editorial Reviews
-DJ Empress Alyda
"Gentle lyrics and rhythms create a balance of air, earth, & water... definitely a world worth revisiting."

Product Description
A cool, sophisticated organic/electronic pop mix with soulful vocals and melodic hooks that is "...easy to settle into."

Float

Tracks:

Everything Happens For A Reason
Float On (Long Version)
Got To Find A Way
I Am So Glad I Took My Time
I Bet You Get The One You Love
No Stronger Love
Take One Step At A Time
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

Customer Reviews:

Finally Floating On.......2007-03-08

Most of the CD is average but this one song makes up for everything. The beat, the music, the special "effects" all good to listen to. Glad I bought it.

float on!.......2003-07-15

float on! with the floaters,one of the very best jams in the whole wide world!

Float On!.......2001-07-07

The long version at that. Still enjoy hearing it: Partly nostalgia and also a great mellow groove.

Average.......2000-05-04

Like alot Of Artists&Groups from Back in the day who Had that One SOng&the rest was FIller the same can be said of The Floaters.but their One SOng is a Timeless Classic that Alone is a 5.but the rest Of The Disc is Average.Very predictable Words&Music.but the Title cut still BLows A FRO Out.The Long Version is THe Jam.

nostalgic value.......2000-02-27

This his CD is pretty cheesy and of marginal quality, but it has huge nostalgic value for me & I was so excited to find it on CD. (That's what happens when you hear something often enough as a child, no matter how aweful.) "Got to Find a Way" is a catchy dance tune. "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," while overly dramatic, has a groovy falsetto. "No Stronger Love" is a nice mellow tune. The highlight is the title track. When they sing "Aquarius, Libra, Leo, Cancer...Ralf, Charles, Paul, Larry..." --it's a classic piece of 70's music and worth buying the CD just to hear it.

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Outstanding!
Johnny's "Lost in Soundtrack"
Excellent Mix of Jazz and Emotion
John Williams, Film Scores and Jazz all done to Perfection.
A Great "Catch"

Catch Me If You Can
John Williams
Manufacturer: Dreamworks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2002-12-10

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Catch Me If You Can
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Steven Spielberg veered from the futuristic sci-fi flirtations of A.I. and Minority Report with this brisk, stylish period take on the career of teen con-man extraordinaire Frank Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his dogged G-man pursuer/de facto extended family member Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks). As always, the director's musical collaborator is John Williams, and the scoring legend uses the occasion of their 20th collaboration as a rewarding musical journey back to the days when he was known as Johnny Williams, ambitious young pianist for Henry Mancini on such early jazz scores as Peter Gunn. Informed by a half-century of subsequent achievement, Williams's return to the jazz idiom of his youth yields a smart, nervous score that evokes more than mere nostalgia. But with Dan Higgins's moody sax often leading the way, the veteran composer's work here seems more evocative reinvention than revisitation, yet another tribute to his uncanny ability to make any idiom his own. A handful of pop standards (including Sinatra's "Come Fly with Me," Getz and Gilberto's "Girl from Ipanema," "The Christmas Song" by Nat "King" Cole) deftly color both period and plot, but, as always, it's Williams who provides Spielberg's masterful imagery with its musical life's blood. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding!.......2007-04-04

John Williams does it again! This man is the best composer I have ever heard! The music fits the scenes in the movies so unblievably well that you will wonder how one man was creative enough to think of it!

Johnny's "Lost in Soundtrack".......2006-08-25

The opening theme is the coolest ever. It has that jazzy, suspenseful, space-age groove that takes you back to the early 60's era portrayed in the movie.

Once I discovered it was done by John Williams, things started to click. The arrangement and themes actually go back way before he was famous. Back to an era he may not want you to remember. Back when he was known simply as "Johnny" Williams.

First, notice the melody and pace of the creeping marimbas and bubbling flutes. Next, catch a repeat of the old Sci-Fi, TV Fairy-Tale known as "LOST IN SPACE." Listen for the incidental, suspense-scene music throughout. Did you catch the composer's name in the credits?

Bingo!(and still very cool)!

Excellent Mix of Jazz and Emotion.......2006-02-20

This is brilliant. You will have this theme ringing in your ears for a month after listening. I have collected around 25 to 30 J. Williams scores. This is wonderful like the rest...

John Williams, Film Scores and Jazz all done to Perfection........2004-10-15

I loved the movie and now the music. I think it is one of the most original soundtracks that John Williams has ever done. The Jazz in this music is so peaceful and lighthearted. This soundtrack should be on any music lovers shelf. In my book, this music is a classic film score.

A Great "Catch".......2004-10-04

Steven Spielberg's 2002 film CATCH ME IF YOU CAN was a breezy crime caper movie based on the true-life story of Frank Abagnale, a real "phony" who nevertheless embarked on a three-year spree of writing bum checks adding up to millions during the 1960s. To capture that era's swinging mores, he had his great friend John Williams design one of that composer's quirkiest scores ever--very jazzy and redolent of the scores Henry Mancini devised for the "Pink Panther" films and Stanley Donen's 1963 classic CHARADE.

But for Williams, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN was very much a homecoming, as he started out in jazz and even worked quite closely with Mancini early on in Hollywood. The genuine jauntiness and mystery of the film's main musical motifs are balanced by moments of warm but not mushy sentimentality, and hit songs of that period by Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz, and Dusty Springfield round out this appealing collection.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN was such an offbeat project for a composer and a director known for boldness, but it served as a challenge that Spielberg aced on the screen and Williams aced in his music. It is highly recommended for its sheer audacity in going back to the past and still remaining relevant to today.

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20 Ways to Float Through Walls
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London, London - Cibelle
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Crammed Discs, which is based in Brussels, Belgium, has long been one of the world's most adventurous and forward-looking imprints, so when they put out a label retrospective, it's always well worth checking out. As founder Marc Hollander observes in his liner notes (he also produced the present compilation), the staff has made it their business to evade categorization. And this they have duly accomplished, with a roster that ranges from an all-acoustic yet cheerfully demented Balkan Gypsy band to a sexy Brazilian diva to Tuaregs from Timbuktu to "nu-jazz," remixes of all descriptions, electronica, and other cutting-edge experiments. As one track melts seamlessly, with no pause, into the next, the listener has the impression of being caught between at least three pirate radio stations, each one having no set programming policy or stylistic limitations whatsoever but a lot of taste. While all of the juxtapositions are as smoothly logical as so diverse a soundscape could possibly aspire to, some of the changes are nonetheless irrepressibly hilarious, but that's part of the fun. People weave in and out, seemingly as the mood serves. Ultimately the sole caveat is that, even at a generous 74 minutes-plus, one never wants the journey to end. --Christina Roden

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The Best of The Floaters: Float On
The Floaters
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Everything Happens For A Reason
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Ooioo - 'Feather Float' (Birdman)
fascinating blend of early Floyd and Melt Bannana

Feather Float
OO|OO
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Phrases like "hypnotic" and "trance inducing" are sure to pop up in any OOIOO review, but there are many other seemingly disparate but equally appropriate adjectives--like swirling, noisy, and menacing. It's not surprising that beneath this veneer of womblike ecstasy, Feather Float is disarmingly challenging, especially given that the driving member of OOIOO (pronounced "oh-oh-eye-oh-oh") is Yoshimi, hailing from Japanese noise merchants the Boredoms and Kim Gordon's (Sonic Youth) blistering Free Kitten. But this, their second recording, is more Slits than Sex Pistols, more Ghost (meditative, psychedelic Japanese guitar wizards) than Boredoms. Built on rhythmic and vocal layers, there is a tribal element to OOIOO, as modern looping techniques and ancient drum sounds collide in frenetic Dionysian revelry. And there is wordplay galore to help transport you to the Feather Float world--where the 10-minute panic of "1000 Frogs And" makes sense, and where there is anger and confusion, but it all resolves itself and dissipates into outer space. Feather Float is painstakingly crafted to perfection. --Cyndi Elliott

Customer Reviews:

Ooioo - 'Feather Float' (Birdman).......2007-07-01

Whoa! This Ooioo CD really caught me off guard. Best described as good 'Japanese experimental'. Tracks here that'll keep this disc in my current rotation stack for awhile are "Be Sure To Loop", "Oi3umio",the total tripping "1000 Frogs And 3 Sun In A House" (gotta just love that song title) and the out-there "Ring Ring Lee". The vocals here may not be that great, but the over-the-top music more than makes up for it. Might appeal to some fans of Boredoms, Altered State and High Rise.

fascinating blend of early Floyd and Melt Bannana.......2003-12-09

very interesting CD. Some of the vocals are distracting, but the music is driving modern psychadelia. As I said, think Syd Barrett's Floyd mixed w/ Melt Bannana. I highly recommend.

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Beautiful melodies, exceptional voices,
The American tradition of the poetry of great spaces
Strangely mysterious and often haunting
A distinctive sound
A Search for Paradise on Earth

Comfort for the Traveler
Utah Carol
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ASIN: B00005N7AL
Release Date: 2001-07-24

Tracks:

Airplanes
Misfits
Silver Space Rocket
See the Sun
Find a Way
Angel
When We're Apart
Soda Fountain
Promised Land
Wandering Eyes
Nellie
Mr. Rogers
Dandelions
Cowboy Pop Song
Way of the Buffalo

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What Jean Dubuffet is to abstract painting, Grant Birkenbeuel and JinJa Davis are to Americana. On their second release, Birkenbeuel and Davis's small songs, as vibrant as they are childlike, initially seem like the dabbling of musical dilettantes, but their shifting modal harmonies, inventive arrangements--flugelhorns, chimes, synths, and pedal steel provide subtle colorings--and pretty pop images of sunshine, space rockets, fresh air, and smiles offer a gentle, playful comfort that's sweet rather than saccharine. The closing song "Way of the Buffalo," with its vision of trees and green seas gone forever, even gestures towards dreams more political than personal. Imagine the Handsome Family on Paxil or Beck producing a children's album and you'll approximate, but not exhaust, the quiet, mirthful expressionism of Utah Carol. --Roy Kasten

Album Description

"Comfort for the Traveler," Utah Carol's follow up to their 20-song debut "Wonderwheel," is haunting, mysterious and melodic. The 15 well-crafted, country-tinged pop melodies are about longing, unrealized dreams, lost love and the endless search for something that is forever just out of reach. Utah Carol has created a dreamy, hypnotic and sometimes spooky landscape with layered orchestral instruments, vintage organs and keyboards, electric guitars, acoustic bass and the unique vocal harmonies of JinJa and Grant.

"Comfort for the Traveler" is an enhanced Digipak CD that contains a short film animation based on an excerpt of "Angel," the sixth song on the album. The animation short was produced by Utah Carol and directed by Eun-Ha Paek of The Milky Elephant in San Francisco. The animated film is in QuickTime format.

The album packaging was art directed and designed by Utah Carol and features paintings by New York City artist Lisa Krivacka and photography by Photonica, NYC. This title is an "ENHANCED" Digipak version of the album with a Quick Time video and accompanying software and installation instructions.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful melodies, exceptional voices,.......2001-12-29

Utah Carol, as you can tell from their name, hail from Utah, United States. An unknown corner of the planet to most, it is known to many people from the Utah Jazz, the basketball team. So, too, Utah Carol are unknown to us also, as they have not acheived a following here, unfortunately. Accoustically, the prose which blossomed in the past year like Kings of Convenience, come close in the new disk to putting things in order, with the words Utah Carol themselves pen with mastery.

Country, blues, folk and rock ballads which sometimes meld into gospel and also psychedelic, Donovan and Dylan, Grateful Dead, Simon & Garfunkel emerge in Comfort for the Traveller in its beautiful melodies, exceptional voices, revealing for us an incomparable unkown from the other end of the Atlantic, which unfortunately noone cares to bring to our shores.

The American tradition of the poetry of great spaces.......2001-12-29

With the first listening of the second self-produced album of this duet of Chicago, the listener tends already to pass by again in loop the title of opening: "Airplanes," with its rhythmic hopping, its vocal harmonies XY and its pop obviousness could have been reproduced on the "Buildings and grounds" of Fritas Fritas - in whom it would have largely exceeded all the remainder besides. To stop there would raise however of the professional misconduct, so much this disc impresses finally by its melody facility, its discrete elegance and its smoothness of interpretation. Grant Birkenbeuel and JinJa Davis, the thinking heads of Utah Carol (the name of the group comes from a song of the cow-boy of Nashville Marty Robbins) do not hide their membership of the American tradition of the poetry of great spaces: "Angel" for example sounds like a ballade old-time of the Appalachian Mountains subtly electrified and "Promised Land" is completed by a gigue with the accordion as one can hear some in make-dodo of Louisiana (probably played synthetizer but what imports). And the parts of violin and pedal-steel do not play as often enluminures but provide to the songs a hypnotic melody architecture which forces admiration ("Find a Way," "When We're Apart", you will complete the list yourself). Add with that in the pop register with guitars impeccable "Airplanes" already quoted and "Silver Space Rocket" and you will have an idea of an eclectic without being hold-all and traditional disc without being a passeist. The comparisons are consequently easy: of Walkabouts with the feet separated of the clay, Yo Tengo of "Fakebook" (disc of bedside for full people and finally for me also) and productions of Nitszche Jack for Neil Young on "Way of the Buffalo," ultimate point of organ of an album which leaps of peak in peak with the lightness of its soles of wind. Marvellous surprised and a very beautiful revelation. (French to English translation by Altavista.)

Strangely mysterious and often haunting.......2001-12-29

Comfort for the Traveller is the second album release from Chicago based duo Grant Birkenbeuel and JinJa Davis. Strangely mysterious and often haunting the album shows a strong progression from their debut album release "Wonder Wheel". Varying layers of orchestral sounds tinged with the luscious voice of JinJa Davis creates a vintage collection of surrealist dreamy melodies which as the album title suggests provides comfort for the weary traveller.

The album opens with the childlike lullaby "Airplanes" which has a tinge of "Fairground Attraction" mixed with a country beat. The core is undoubtedly country but steers away from "Hillbilly yipping and Ye hawing" for a more sedate dreamy pop vibe which works brilliantly complementing JinJa's subtle vocals. Catchy upbeat melodies, acoustic guitars and girly harmonies come together throughout the album on songs like "Silver Space Rocket" and "Angel". A more rustic country core appears in songs such as "When We're Apart" and "Dandelions". These contrasting styles blend seamlessly on the album with a clear clarity and focus.

From the boy meet girl perspective you cant beat the passionate and dreamy "Find a Way" which epitomises the albums direction. Strong yet simply lyrics lending beautifully to JinJa Davis's serene and calming vocals and backed with vibrant instrumentals.

On a whole "Comfort for the Traveller" is the perfect long journey accompaniment. Sublime vocals and the right blend of backing makes this record a true tour de force for Utah Carol.

A distinctive sound.......2001-12-29

Wonderwheel, the home-grown debut by this husband-wife team named after a Marty Robbins cowboy hero, was one of my favourite albums of the summer of '99, its addictive blend of bittersweet Americana and art-pop sounding like a hillbilly fairground taken over by a couple of kids on mushrooms. More than two years on (it takes time with no budget, a home studio and the determination to enhance the CD with a short, dreamy animation film), second album Comfort... retains their distinctive sound on even stronger songs. There's a sense in their often floaty melodies of goind around and around, like eddies in a stream (When We're Apart, The Way of the Buffalo). And the cantering Promised Land and easy-riding Misfits evoke cowboys on a carousel horse.

A Search for Paradise on Earth.......2001-09-10

The fragile Wonderwheel, the first cd by Utah Carol, was an exercise for the astoundingly beautiful Comfort For The Traveler, Utah Carol's second album. Pop, folk and Americana melt together and give a dreamy sound because of the drawling community singing of Grant Birkenbeuel and JinJa Davis (think about lounging buzzing bees) who comprise Utah Carol. The best thing about it is no one sounds like Chicago's finest. We hear the past: Beach Boys, British wave combo Young Marble Giants, a glimpse of country lifted up into the modern presence, including a little hip hop scratch. Some instrumentals with nice titles such as (the funky) "Soda Fountain" and (the film music of) "Cowboy Pop Song" give this album some relief. Personal favourites are the love song "Find A Way" (with a beautiful guitar line), the jangly pop of "Silver Space Rocket," "Angel," (is this the album's single?), the pop tune "Airplanes," the tragic song "Misfits" and the almost polka "Promised Land." I notice most of the songs I mentioned are on the 'first side' of the cd and that has to do with the fact the the second part is a bit more experimental. Comfort For The Traveler is a search for paradise on earth and therefore a hymn of praise to nature and love--although there is not a happy end. The last song "The Way Of The Buffalo" is about killing nature. At that time also love breaks up. A sad end, but doesn't sadness often lead to beauty? The first 500 copies have a little bookwork.

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Genius at work: Caution to those without taste
Same style as the legendary Labor Days
Float-Aesop Rock
you can listen here
immortal

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Aesop Rock
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Customer Reviews:

Genius at work: Caution to those without taste.......2006-10-12

There is no type of music in the entire world that can prepare you to experience Aesop Rock's "Float". And that's the way it should be. Float is the most unique, in-depth, and complete look into the mind and thoughts of a master of his trade that I have listened to. Blockhead, and Aesop himself, create some of the darkest, most incredibly tangible beats that I have ever heard in my life and I just can't get enough of it. If you finally manage to digest and appreciate the cryptic beats then worry not, the lyrics will keep you busy for years to come. The sheer volume of words is tough to decipher as presented, but combined with his winding analogies and metaphors, it is nearly impossible to understand it all. That is more of a compliment than it seems as I could honestly listen to this entire CD without attempting to understand a single word, just simply being engrossed by the perfect harmony between his vocal inflections and his beats is enough for me. To be able to visually read Aesop's lyrics while listening to him takes him to a level no one will ever approach again. If someone like Sage Francis (the closest to Aesop as I've seen) tickles your fancy then give Aesop a try, I promise he won't disappoint.

Same style as the legendary Labor Days.......2006-05-26

Labor Days is where you should be heading as it tends to be the best produced of his works to date and the most popular. When you have played that to death and want to hear more of the same then Float is just as good. I would recommend Float without a second to loose if you liked Labor Days. It has the same kind of beats with Aesop creating lots of confusing lyrics but that is the flow that you just let play in the background that sounds so alternative and unique... and ultimately great as well. You know Aesop Rock a mile away, there is nothing quite like it out there and this is a worthy addition to any alternative hip-hop collection.

Float-Aesop Rock.......2006-05-16

I like this album. It is my third favorite Aesop album, out of his four (eps not included). It is not my third favorite for Aesop's awesome wordplay, which is less that spectacular at some parts on this album. Nor the beats, which I find kind of dull and mundane. I like this album because for once I can actually understand what Aes Rock is saying in almost all of his songs.

Naturally, to give this album I like more than articulation on this album. As always, Aes's description and delivery is top notch. Not to mention the wordplay is top notch on most of the songs. Beats, as I said earlier, are kind of bleh. Most are a little too simple for Aesop Rock's voice. However he makes a few beats work, for instance "Commencement At The Obedience Academy," and "How To Be A Carpenter." But the beats may excite some real underground junkies, for the sole purpose that they weren't made in an expensive studio by a guy with a name that contains Blaze, West, or Pharrel.

The final thing that I gave this album a 4 star for was its length. Coming in as Aesop's longest album--some may think it's too long. But everytime I listen to Bazooka Tooth or Labor Days all the way through I feel I'm yearning for more Aes. Some newer school guys who just picked up Aesop for Bazooka Tooth or Fast Cars might not enjoy the plainess of this much. Other than that if you find yourself not much caring for Aesop because he spits so fast and mumbly, you may enjoy this album a lot more than his others. If you don't have any Aesop Rock CD's but think he gets good reviews you should buy Labor Days and Bazooka Tooth before this album. If you already have those two then you might as well finish out your collection with this and Fast Cars.

you can listen here.......2005-10-16

just go to http://www.mp3.com/aesop-rock/artists/402766/songs.html scroll to the bottom and you can listen to 30sec clips of every song on wmp.

immortal.......2005-10-10

the cat that gave this one star probably sits at home all day and plays final fantasy. aesop rock is hip-hop. almost everything he has done is sick and inventive. and it started here as far as LPs. piece.

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Just sharing the Atomic Love...
Out of This World Music
An exquisite triple-coup
Coming Out Electric is out of this world
One of the Best CDs I've Heard All Year

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Release Date: 2005-01-01

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Bonus Float music video

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The Atomic Swindlers' Coming Out Electric is being met with rave reviews! With descriptions like lush, big and beautiful melodic rock, grand Beatles pop as told by Barbarella... the CD has fans across the US on an intergalactic groove. Songs: 1) Float (my electric stargirl) 2) Wonderlove 3) Space Bandit 4) Drag 5) Diamond Dreamer 6) Underground Love 7) Intergalactic Lesbian Love Song 8) Planet of a Thousand Lies 9) sex66 10) Jupiter's Falling 11) Empty Girl 12) Stars in my Pocket 13) Bonus Float music video The melodies are as beautiful and as catchy as they are off-kilter. Laragy has the perfect ironic sneer built into her vocal chords. She's acting as much as singing on every song in a manner reminiscent of great 1970's singers like Lene Lovich and Kate Bush.... The songwriting is simply superb. -Ron Netsky, Rochester City News

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Just sharing the Atomic Love..........2006-04-18

I'm not well-versed in Music Review-ese, so I'll just keep this short, sweet, and simple. The Atomic Swindlers are the most refreshing thing to come along in quite a while - they've made everything old new again with their postmodern retro style, and I can't tell you how nice it is to listen to something that isn't the same old corporate [...] clogging up our airwaves these days! Way to go, April, Roy, Harvey (their super-nice, super-hip manager), and all the rest of the gang! You have a fan for life in me.

Out of This World Music.......2006-02-20

Melodic songs from across the galaxy come poring out of April Laragy and the members of the band Atomic Swindlers.

There's no swindle here just good music. We travel back in time to a period when bands and their music told a story like the Beatles and Ziggy Stardust. And you'll hear a bit of their sound in the Atomic Swindlers as well. Albeit some of the stories told here might be beyond the grasp of the average human intellect.

As soon as the disk starts spinning you can hear the influences of the bands mentioned earlier mixed with the sounds of today. Some of the tunes bring to mind No Doubt or Garbage while others flash back to the Pandoras [thanks in part to the lead vocals on all accounts]. Laragy's cow punk past even shines through on one or two of the tracks.

Each tune lends itself to a different style of music while never
straying too far. The deceptively cheery music tends to hide the
darker forces working within the lyrics [which you can read on the bands official website]. The science fiction theme is never lost in any of the songs, taking the listener to the outer reaches of space and time while more often than not returning us to look even deeper into the human psyche to see what we might have learned on our journey.

Their first music video is a spiffy little animated Samurai-Jack-like adventure where we find the heroine searching the galaxy for her ladylove. The video premiered at the ImageOut film festival for its lesbian theme. And another song, Intergalactic Lesbian Love Song, suggests a future time and place when homosexually just is without the controversy --- as hopefully one day it will be here when all peoples are excepted no matter their race, religion or orientation.

You can watch the video on their website. It is also available on the enhanced CD. Once you see it you'll want more.

Take Atomic Swindlers CD, Coming Out Electric out for a spin or two you'll find yourself listening to it all the time. Be sure to check out the band and the cd on their official website.

An exquisite triple-coup.......2005-10-07

(This review is soon to appear on whoneedscritics.com, the perpetually soon-to-appear website of writer Saby Reyes-Kulkarni:)

On an immediate level, Coming Out Electric is most striking for just how darn *listenable* it is from start to finish. In fact, to call it catchy wouldn't do justice to the craftsmanship and finesse involved in making a group of songs so easy and pleasurable to digest. Listeners should very easily find themselves absorbed yet still maintain only casual involvement in the music if that's as far as they want to go. Where bands like, say, Pink Floyd and Radiohead excel at turning texture into thickness, into a feeling of heft that the listener derives satisfaction from carrying on their shoulders and having to wade through, the Atomic Swindlers make you lightheaded and giddy from drifting through songs composed of the outer edges of ozone that stand between our planet's atmosphere and the blackness of space. Up there the oxygen is thin, so you get that ever-elusive buzz that's just right while guitar squalls echo towards you like flashes of iridescent starlight and trembling, gorgeous piano chords send ripples out from your speakers directly to the pleasure centers of your brain.

Which is not to say that Coming Out lacks drama. On the contrary -- so lovely are these sounds that they bring to mind what Rutger Hauer's replicant character describes for Harrison Ford in the climax of the film Blade Runner, his "I have seen" speech that bears witness to a beauty of unrestrainable radiance and power that lies beyond humanity's grasp. If you've never tried to reach out towards that beauty -- a beauty that Ridley Scott's tragic, doomed android holds close before dying and even tries to impart upon the human antagonist in charge of his own execution -- then you'll be better off for allowing this music to enable you.

Blade Runner might seem like a heavy comparison, but the band itself is actually not far off. The imagery in the songs is forged by lyricists -- drummer Roy Stein, singer April Laragy, and bassist Gary Trainer -- who all have a natural eye for apocalyptic urgency and gloom. (Trainer, for example, bears the mark of authors like William Gibson, Philip K. Dick, and William Burroughs, as well as Allen Ginsberg.) But this is the coup -- the first of three, in fact, that the band pulls off here: depending on your preference or mood, you're free to make the choice between riding the clouds at the surface or descending further into the depths of the music where not only do hidden sonic challenges await but individual souls struggle against a vague but distinctly menacing presence that throbs at the center of our galaxy and threatens to take over the universe and our collective consciousness with it.

How can an album feel like a Friday-night, take-a-load-off-your-feet tonic yet take you to a place where mankind races against spiritual extinction? It's not an easy balance to strike. In fact, it's damn near impossible, yet the Swindlers pull it off. Just like they pull off their second coup (also seemingly impossible): with flair -- by the ostentatious opening chords of the second tune, it's obvious that this band worships at the Altar of Glam. Nowhere do they sound even remotely ashamed of borrowing licks from David Bowie. But, while they call on definitively retro elements, they also move *forward* with them. This is, in truth, futuristic music -- and thus it shows-up so many other modern acts as the soulless, cynical, calculated, creatively bankrupt retrophilic clowns that they are. In fact, even the Swindlers' reverence for glam would eventually grow cloying and overwrought if the band weren't so quick on its feet with subtle, tasty splashes of innovation. In other words, it's apparent that this band loves glam too much to sell it short by presenting it frozen in a time capsule.

Of course, no matter how ambitious this thematic palette might be, the sonics need to provide a solid foundation for the images to come to life. The Atomic Swindlers employ references to extraterrestrials, mass enlightenment, repressive social conditioning, homosexuality (as an ambiguous metaphor for freedom), domestic violence, and hints of the occult. You might have to dig a little to unearth some of these aspects, but engineer Chris Hooker's superb, multi-faceted, and nuance-rich mix makes it all the more worthwhile to go digging -- or not. If you do, you will find that the lyrics are matched perfectly by the special character of the music. (According to Trainer, the lyrics and songwriting and mixing all grew organically together, which makes sense when you consider the album's cohesion.) The strength of Hooker's contribution here can't be overstated: Coming Out is, inexplicably, a "headphones" record where you don't need headphones in order to feel like you're wearing them. It's rare that an album can make your room feel like the space inside your own head, but this music *really* pulls you into it. And the mix is equisitely smooth without sounding over-produced (the third aspect of the aforementioned triple-coup).

Again, you might simply find yourself in the mood to turn-on, tune-out, and sing along with a martini in your hand or pop the album in for background noise while you get dressed for a night on the town. Whatever level of introspective brooding you may favor at the moment, you just can't miss with Coming Out Electric.

Coming Out Electric is out of this world.......2005-09-12

The Rochester, NY based Atomic Swindlers are an out of this world phenomenon with a cosmic groove, a hip spacey sound, celestial lyrics, and a hot front woman oozing sex.

Coming Out Electric is heavy with retro 70's beats, stunning melodic guitars, edgy glam rock, and an out-of-this-world sound thanks to Chris Yockel's sitar work, wah wah, and Fender super reverb tremolo. Scott Ostrowski (guitars, vocals) makes the underlying rockabilly happen, and Roy Stein (drums, guitar, vocals) pens a number of songs on the disc.

For the album, Atomic Swindlers also brought in Brian Eggleston on piano and additional keyboards. The group even snagged former Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concertmaster and current neighbor of Laragy and Stein, Howard Weiss for violin tracks on "Float (my electric stargirl" and "Underground Love."

Think David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust period-- time-traveling to the days when bands told stories with their music. Atomic Swindlers will make you think of the Beatles while sounding terribly modern even as they pull in influences such as Iggy Pop, Blondie, Joan Jett and vocally, some early Stefani.

The band's upbeat musical style shouldn't be allowed to overshadow its darker lyrical message, however - listen closely. Notable tracks include "Diamond Dreamer," "Underground Love" and "Stars in my Pocket," as well as "Sex66" with its edgy, driving rock and fantastic lyrics.

In all, the Atomic Swindler's debut release, Coming Out Electric, is a wonderfully-conceived, smartly-written, excellently-produced album. More than that, it's a heck of a lot of fun to listen to. We'll be hearing more from this band in the future.

One of the Best CDs I've Heard All Year.......2005-09-07

Unlike most indie CDs, the production on Atomic Swindlers' Coming Out Electric is stellar - rich, lush and rockin'. Add to that intelligent lyrics, a gorgeous lead singer with extraordinary pipes and a tight band who truly understand the real meaning of musicianship - and you've got one heck of an album. The band's music is sci-fi themed, but anyone who just loves excellent music will fall in love with the Swindlers. Laragy's voice reminds one of the best of Concrete Blonde, 4 Non Blondes and yes, Iggy Pop - but she's also totally unique. As is the CD itself. Coming Out Electric will suprise you, delight you and send you on a cosmic whirlwind of luxurious sound. Yummy!

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Burst My Bubble
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Float Away with the Friday Night Gods
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Release Date: 2002-07-16

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Float Away
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Float Away with the Friday Night Gods should be titled Bait and Switch. Marah's third album challenges fans with such a drastically different sound that it nearly qualifies as audience abuse. While the group previously worked a brand of rock & roll all its own--faintly rootsy, vaguely Springsteen-ish, instantly distinctive--Friday Night Gods finds the band teamed with Oasis producer Owen Morris. The result, unsurprisingly, is a polished, Anglo guitar-pop record that sounds like Oasis--a silly goal that is, nonetheless, achieved to perfection on "Float Away," the string-and-synth first single. What's most frustrating, though, isn't the new sound but the band's abandonment of its own lyrical strengths. Their last album, the indelible Kids in Philly, created a vivid sense of place even as it embraced a universal sense of empathy and community--an approach that, Lord knows, we sure could use now. By contrast, Friday Night Gods favors ultracool and clichéd club-kid poses and derivative soundscapes. Everything here is distracting enough, mind you, but with the notable exception of the earnest, atmospheric ballad "Crying on an Airplane," it all feels like a retreat from significance. --David Cantwell

Album Description

Produced by Owen Morris (Oasis, The Verve), Float Away With The Friday Night Gods was recorded late last year in Wales and features 10 new songs. The first single, "Float Away," features cameo vocals and guitar from Bruce Springsteen.

Customer Reviews:

Not necessarily bad, just not Marah.......2006-01-16

This was the first Marah album I got after listening to some of their songs on myspace. They had the title track on their, which is incredibly good, however after listening to this album and the other albums they have released it just doesn't seem like Marah. Kids In Philly felt like they put themselves into the album, it was close and intimate. This album seems distant, perhaps because of all the synth noise. It would be a great album if it were another band it just seemed too conceptual to be a concept album from Marah.

My introduction to this great band..........2005-03-04

Wow, amazing to see all the crap flying about over this album. A friend bought it for me, probably thinking because I'm a big fan of Americana and roots-rock that I'd like it... and he was right, except that I love intelligent, beautifully-crafted pop music too. The production is excellent - sounds great and with a lot of punch... and now that I'm about ten years older than the median CD-buying age, I couldn't give a rat's ass if anyone thinks it's cool or not.

If anything I would compare this band to a male Aimee Mann. In fact, they'd be a great double-bill.

I'm interested in hearing their other stuff now too. Nice little CD.

Bad - don't buy unless a devoted fan.......2003-10-09

I bought this album after hearing one song off another album - "My Heart Is The Bums On The Street" - which is absolutely brilliant. This album on the other hand - excluding the first song, which is decent - is a blatant attempt at mainstreaming things. Lyrics can be good, but music is basically everything and the kitchen sink thrown in, subtlety be damned. Big chords, lots of distortion, lots of nothing special. Luckily I got it used for $3.99.

Gave it 2 stars because first song is ok.

Not What I Was Expecting.......2003-06-28

I read a good review of this band in Modern Twang (okay, it was written in 1998) and just finished listening to this CD for the first time. After reading the previous reviews I concluded I picked up the wrong Marah CD. Oh well, even though I probably won't keep Float Away, I'll look for Kids In Philly or Let's Cut The Crap.

I dislike this for the same reason I don't like bands such as New Pornographers...too much noise.

A Step Forward.......2003-06-03

This album has been villified by some die-hard fans on the basis that Marah have abandoned their roots-rock and alt-country roots. When viewed rationally, however, Marah have always been a damn fine rock n'roll band and Float Away... is a damn fine rock n'roll record. Marah had always threatened to make that next step. Their live performances have been turbo charged since day one and it was time for the band to take their sound and give it a further shot of adrenaline.

After repeated listenings to Float Away, several things become apparent. One is that this is one hell of a classy record. The sound is smoother, the touches are defter and the new rhythym section grooves like a well oiled machine. Another factor is the more global feel to the lyrics. Whilst Lets Cut The... and Kids In Philly were very much centred around the Bielanko brothers' home town of Philadelphia, Float Away... is the product of the wider world that has been opened up to the band in the wake of the success of their second album. This is illustrated most clearly in Crying On An Airplane, a lush ballad which acts as Serge Bielanko's ode to the pressures and torments of a long distance relationship.

The band themselves have been taken aback by some of the negative comments made about Float Away. According to Dave Bielanko, Marah were never about Banjos and acoustic guitars. They were just there. There is a hint of snobbery and elitism creeping into the alt-country scene and it has no purpose being there. Put aside the prejudices and let the pure energy of Soul, Float Away(the streets are lonely), Shame and People Of The Underground take over your head and put some rock n'roll back in your heart.

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