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"Fort Lauderdale return with their third, and most ambitious album yet. And mark our words, this isn't Time is of the Essence part deux. Those of you who have checked out the two singles to be pulled from this album so far, 'Rock'n'Roll', and 'The Chilling Place' will have some idea of what to expect: think T-Rex meets Super Furry Animals. But even those singles won't prepare you for the sheer chutzpah on display. Imagine if Ray Davies instead of Jack Nicholson had taken over as caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Then you might get some idea of the eccentric genius that lurks within Pretty Monster. From lo-fi ('Insane Overdrive') to neo-classical torch ballads ('Prey To The Stars') to jagged shards of psychedelic-pop ('As A Boy') to sleazy disco ('Sexy Creature') it spills over with classic pop songs whilst at the same time evoking the sense of two minds unravelling in spectacular surroundings. Fans of everyone from Roxy Music to Super Furry Animals to The Animals will be enchanted."
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MEMPH 033CD
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"J Xaverre finally gets around to releasing his debut album, These Acid Stars. And what an eye-opener it is. Having gained his reputation blending electronica with his songwriting instincts, J Xaverre -- (aka former Kenickie drummer/guitarist/producer/songwriter type Johnny X aka Pete Gofton) -- has made an album several notches up from his previous lo-fi explorations. Self produced in parts, mixed by Dave Trumfio of Wilco and My Morning Jacket fame in others ('Great All Great' and 'Saturday') and collaborating with King Of Woolworths in others ('Ex-Wonderboy'), These Acid Stars ditches any notion of JX being solely an arbiter of lo-fi introspection. These are pop melodies enough to give Damon Gough a seizure, and epic moments, which recall anything from Mercury Rev to Grandaddy and Sparklehorse."
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MEMPH 033LP
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MEMPH 034CD
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"A weird and wonderful combination of soaring vocals, drunken horns, bubbling synths and the greatest ever guitar solo committed to tape...honest, it is. The Chilling Place comes backed with two new songs, the first, the lovely Velvets-esque 'She's in Bloom', a nostalgic glance at love past, whilst the second is a perfectly poised cover version of electronic legend Bruce Hook's 'Incantation' with Toby casually tossing off a perfect frippertronic impression on his trusted Gibson. The most coherent example yet of genre-bending schizadelica' Sleazenation."
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MEMPH 032EP
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3 track 12' featuring exclusive Manitoba and Blue States remixes.
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MEMPH 032CD
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"3 track CD with two exclusive tracks 'Strange Thing' and 'Making The Most Of A Beautiful Day'. Recalling the great lost George Harrison/Beta Band collaboration, or Kid A on Sunny D. It gives the likes of the Polyphonic Spree and the Sleepy Jackson a run for their money in the nu soft-rock stakes. JX has managed once again to draft in Los Angeles wunder-producer David Trumfio of Wilco and My Morning Jacket fame, to assist with production duties."
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MEMPH 031CD
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"Dan Berridge, along with his new accomplice in sound, vocalist Richard Palmer, have finally completed their sophomore album The Vessel. The Vessel is a precious one; within it a diverse collection of broody, filmic washes ('Beauty', 'Angel Heart') spiraling, emotive plumes of music ('I Believe In Superman' -- the recent single) and ideas seemingly too fragile to put to record." "Imagine Tom Waits duetting with Portishead and being produced by Boards of Canada. Desolation, anger, and redemption hasn't sounded this alluring in a long time." -- Jockey Slut.
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MEMPH 028EP
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MEMPH 028CD
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"JX is, to all intents and purposes. Pete Gofton. Recorded in Pete's bedroom it's a tricksy combo of dirty great bass, acoustic strumming, sweet vocals and topped off with lo-fi electronic atmospherics."
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MEMPH 022EP
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"Limited Edition (500 only) EP from new Memphis Industries signings. Brooklyn based Noah Wall aka Jukeboxer. Jukeboxer is the sound of melodic pop juxtaposing off kilter arrangements that bring to mind Brian Wilson and Magnetic Fields. A colorful swirl of boy girl harmonies, scratchy rhythmic melodies. Playground chants and owl noises. Wurlitzer, Farfisa, Minimoog, guitars, percussion, toy pianos and kitchen utensils all make beautifully proportioned appearances."
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MEMPH 020CD
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"From the label that brought us Blue States and Broadway Project, a new EP of luxurious folk psychedelia from Fort Lauderdale (aka Black Neon and The Squire Of Somerton), Memphis Industries' other major artist. This EP features the main track from the album Flux 1912 plus two new tracks, 'Obbey Osse,' an homage to a Cornish fertility ritual involving a man dressed as a horse and local womenfolk, and 'Beauty,' subtly perverted and degenerate. File next to: Jean Jacques Perry meets The Wicker Man."
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MEMPH 017CD
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"In it's luxurious folk psychedelia and behind-the-drapes decadence redolent of 19th century leisured classes, the album recalls both the crack'd genius of Syd Barrett and the utopian visions of HG Wells, the album is best described as downtempo space funk meets psychedelic electronica. Check out the backwards guitar styled tea dance of 'Flux 1912' and the Bowie-on-a-bontempi that is 'Fixing Spaceships'. 'A twisted journey into the depths of the mind that takes in space-funk and electronica making it infinitely listenable.'"
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