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01. City Center - Killer Whale
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02. City Center - Open House
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03. City Center - Life Was A Problem
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04. City Center - Gladest
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05. City Center - Bleed Blood
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06. City Center - Cloud Center
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07. City Center - You Are A Force
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08. City Center - Summer School
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09. City Center - Young Diamond
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10. City Center - Unfinished Hex
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ARTIST
CITY CENTER
TITLE
City Center
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
TYPE
CATALOG #
TYPE 045CD
TYPE 045CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
5/26/2009
This is the debut full-length release by Brooklyn-based
Fred Thomas
as
City Center
. Although this is his first solo project, Thomas is far from a newcomer to the scene. Rather, he has spent most of his life in search of the perfect pop music, first as the frontman/mastermind of
Saturday Looks Good To Me
, recording with
His Name Is Alive
's
Warn Defever
, as a member of
Flashpapr
, and now under the oddly-monikered City Center. Apparently the name comes from European tours where the "City Center" sign is such a regular (and reliable) sight, but it gives few clues to the unknown pleasures held within Fred's music. Taking cues from the skewed pop music of
Arthur Russell
on one side, and the most warped moments of
Brian Wilson
by way of
Panda Bear
on the other, Fred has channeled an outsider pop masterwork. Thick waves of decomposing electronics and processed instruments (is it gamelan? Is it something else altogether?) crash and fizz beneath Fred's multi-tracked echo/reverb-heavy vocals. Sandwiched in-between three-minute hazy a.m. pop marvels such as opener "Killer Whale" and the stand-out "Summer School" are extended ambient experimentations -- but unlike the occasionally academic workouts you might expect from Type, these feel organic and distinctly home-brewed. There is something raw and magical about Fred Thomas' musical creations -- exultant, far-away harmonies are buried under thick blankets of fuzz guitar, hand-bells, ambient hums and gentle acoustic guitar, and it all pulses with an animal warmth, like something that grabs you and won't let go. Pop music has rarely sounded quite so open-hearted.
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