Acid House Kings
Sing Along With The Acid House Kings
Labrador
2005
Rating: 7.5 ikeas out of 10
You ever have those bands you always mean to check out, but never get around to it? For me, that was the Acid House Kings...up until this album obviously, and boy was I a goon for waiting so long. Part of the apprehension was due to the name - “acid house” is synonymous to the rave culture in my mind, something I tend to avoid. And like it or not, the name is the first traffic light you come to, your first stop or go signal.
Anyways, this is what twee-pop is all about - it's like classic Belle & Sebastian mixed with some of the Cardigans early work and a lot of nods to Burt Bacharach. “Do What You Wanna Do” and “This Heart Is Stone” were instant favorites, so catchy and saccharine-sweet that you instantly know you’re going to wear this CD into the ground. The “getting busted singing along in your car” factor is extremely high on this release.
As a bonus, you not only get this fine CD of music, but the Acid House Kings includes a DVD for karaoke: all of the tracks from the album as instrumentals with the words on the bottom of the screen, and visuals of the band doing miscellaneous mundane activities. A brilliant gimmick and neat bonus to accompany a really fantastic set of pop songs.
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