Showing posts with label Park the Van. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Park the Van. Show all posts

Friday, January 10, 2014

The Spinto Band - Franco Prussian 7'' (Park the Van, 2008)

The Spinto Band
Franco Prussian 7''
Park the Van
2008

Rating: 5 empty sleeves out of 10

I've never been particularly excited about the Spinto Band, and for some reason I think I grabbed this out of a box of free shit at our local record store Schoolkids.  Free is about the right price.  It's certainly not terrible, just very boring run-of-the-mill safe indie pop.  Doesn't appear either of these songs are on their albums though, so I'll probably just file it away in my collection and hope through some combination of black magic and dumb luck this band somehow gets popular and it's worth some money. 

Monday, October 10, 2011

Generationals - Medium Rarities EP (Park the Van, 2011)

Generationals
Medium Rarities EP
Park the Van
2011

Rating: 6 bowls of jambalaya out of 10

Generationals are giving away an EP for free, and god knows I love free.  Two regular songs and two remixes of their best known songs - "Trust" and "When They Fight, They Fight".  The "Trust" remix, by Bent Black, is subtle and works great on this song that I absolutely love.  The other remix - a little bit cheesy, a little bit eighties...in a bad way.  The other two tracks are fine, nothing to write home about.  I may not be 100% on this group's bandwagon, but they definitely seem to understand sixties-inspired pop hooks and how to use them.  But shit, free is free.  You can't complain much about free. 

Download the album here.