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Single Reviews
Single Review: The Big Pink – Velvet (Beggars/4AD)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 20 April 2009
They’ve been hyped by everyone it seems, and were included in a very electro-centric BBC Sound Of 2009 list at the start of the year. Given their particular brand of electro sound, 2009 is as good a year as any for The Big Pink to be unleashed, but are they a worthy peer of the other acts making moves in this domain, I’m thinking Empire Of The Sun and La Roux? Well, there’s the similarly high vocals and throbbing, fun pop distortion of Empire Of The Sun, but there’s more here too. There are some fiesty elements for starters, akin to the likes of Passion Pit, and even a bit of My Bloody Valentine style dissonance. In fact I’d say these boys are taking electro-pop into epic shoe-gaze territory, with empowering tones and gorgeous vocal melodies – bringing the early 90s to 2009 if you like. And brilliantly so. So yes, worthy peers and then some. TM
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