Twice
Rough Trade
2003
Rating: 6.5 regular implosions out of 10
Featuring members of The Beachwood Sparks and Velvet Crush, The Tyde are a jangly-pop group with strong leanings towards 70’s lite rock and lite country. In fact, the comparisons to Beachwood Sparks are obvious, but The Tyde is a bit more upbeat and a lot less twangy. The slide guitar is there, but in a much smaller amount; and instead of sounding like they’ve listened to too much Flying Burrito Brothers and The Byrds, this lot lean more towards a Cali-fied version of the Velvet Underground. This is a good pop record, but nothing ground breaking; I’m enjoying it right now, but it doesn’t feel like it will have a terribly long shelf life to me, but I guess only time will tell for that. Worth a listen if you happen upon it, but nothing I would go out of my way for.
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