| All Artists: Sugarcult Title: Palm Trees & Power Lines Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Rykodisc UK Release Date: 1/13/2008 Album Type: Import Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop Style: Hardcore & Punk Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 014431701825 |
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 | Sugarcult Palm Trees & Power Lines Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop The energy and dedication Sugarcult brought to Start Static created a massive fan base for the rock quartet around the world, selling nearly half a million copies -- 300,000 units in the United States alone. On their new, ... more » |
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Album Description The energy and dedication Sugarcult brought to Start Static created a massive fan base for the rock quartet around the world, selling nearly half a million copies -- 300,000 units in the United States alone. On their new, Gavin MacKillop produced album, Palm Trees and Power Lines the plaintive edge that lurked below the surface of singer/guitarist Tim Pagnotta's songs is now front and center. The new material has an emotional intensity that matches the band's electrifying musical jolt. Sugarcult is quintessentially Californian, and the new album's 12 songs play out against the backdrop of California's beauty and ugliness, its romance and reality; documenting a physical and psychological journey that begins and ends at the edge of the Pacific. On the undeniably catchy rocker "Memory," the band effortlessly dives into one of the themes that have made them such an important band to their fans - love hanging by a thread. The similarly wrenching songs, "Crying" and "Over", search for a glimmer of affirmation amid the debris of shattered romantic dreams. "Back to California,"encapsulates the album's dramatic payload in a vivid narrative ("Drive all night to hold you tight / Back to California / We couldn't win in the end") that recalls the climax of an earlier California saga of highways and hope, The Graduate. "These songs are fresh documents of our lives over the last two years," says Marko. "We're more confident as musicians, we're more confident in our ideas - because, when you set out to do something against all odds and it's working, that just strengthens your resolve. It gives you the confidence to take more chances, keep doing the things you've been doing without apologies and just go for it." Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsReview from A Sugarcult Loving Teenage Girl Carly Rose | USA | 08/31/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "I have loved Sugarcult ever since I heard the song "Bouncing Off The Walls" off of the American Wedding Soundtrack. This being their most recent album, it is great, and I cannot wait for the next. My favorite tracks are "She's the Blade", "Memory", and "Over". I also like "Crying" and "Champagne". This is a fun album full of energizing tracks. I would recomend it for anyone who is not picky about the kind of music they listen to, like me. I listen to all kinds of music, but Sugarcult is by far my favorite band!!" Great second effort from one of California's finest Chris Eberlein | USA | 09/16/2005 (4 out of 5 stars) "I give accolades to Sugarcult for putting out such a great sophomore effort. I hadn't heard of them until 2004 because they were still more underground than other alternative punksters like Blink 182 and Green Day, but once I listened to their hit "She's The Blade" I was hooked. This is pop-punk at its finest, folks; Green Day never had anything as listenable from their album American Idiot as much as the aforementioned "She's The Blade." That said, the first four tracks on Palm Trees & Power Lines are all incredibly delicious confections, from the shouter "Crying" to the chanter "Memory." But after those four outrageously good songs continues the CD's amount of filler (but good filler at that). Most of the remaining eight tracks are too slow and blahze for my liking, but heck, that's just my opinion. Overall, though, Sugarcult steered clear away from the sophomore slums and put out a great release. So go on then: BUY THIS CD!!" Stellar Pop Punk Rob W. | 11/03/2005 (4 out of 5 stars) "You have to love an album that doesn't pretend to be anything it's not. After I heard Bouncing of the Walls a few years back, I was intrigued by Sugarcult, but never really followed up. Sugarcult's latest is pop punk at it's finest, and it's damn good at what it sets out to do. It's great to see an album come out now a days that is just flat out pedal to the metal unapolegetically pop punk and not emo or hardcore. This album is all about kick ass riffs and fun rock. This album is a great spiritual successor to past pop punk classics from Blink 182 and the others who knew how to put out an album that is all about rocking out. This is one you can just throw in your cd player and listen the entire way through.
Overall, I would give this a 4/5. There are a couple of songs that seem a little less inspired. This CD isn't a masterpiece or a marvel of modern music, but it excels at being a fun album." |
