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Goodnight Monsters : The Brain That wouldn't Die
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lovely Lo-Fi-But-Cool-Fi-POP straight out of a teenage bedroom in Turku, with the charm of a japanese all-girl-pop-band
Genre: Pop: British Pop
Release Date: 2006
The Brain That wouldn't Die Record Label: Bone Voyage Recording Company
  • Buy CD - $12.97
Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Girls 1:58 Album Only
Big Jet 2:55 Album Only
20 Fingers 20 Toes 2:51 Album Only
Inspector Pharao Pt.1 Theme 1:28 Album Only
Back Porch 3:23 Album Only
Under The Umbrella 3:52 Album Only
Inspector Pharao Pt.2 The fight And The lover 1:36 Album Only
I Was A Teenage Soldier 2:50 Album Only
Phone Booth 2:30 Album Only
Demonstrator 9:46 Album Only
Inspector Pharao Pt.3 Sunset At The Ranch 1:26 Album Only
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Album Notes

"Listening to Finland's Goodnight Monsters is like eating cotton candy with a root beer float chaser. Pure sugar rush from start to finish. Their debut album The Brain That Wouldn't Die is loaded with lightweight, hooky tunes that don't have a single ounce of seriousness or reality to be found anywhere. If you are looking for either of those things, you'll probably want to break something after hearing the record. Don't stress though, you can find seriousness and reality pretty much anywhere you turn these days. Finding a group who would rather be goofy (with killer melodies, no less) is much more difficult. Finding a group who can pull off being silly without being stupid, child-like without being childish, that is harder still. These guys pull it off three ways: memorable and almost painfully melodic tunes, the occasional mid-tempo ballad that comes close to having some kind of content ("Back Porch," "Big Jet"), surprises like the 9 minute long rocker Demonstrator" which shows the band could play for real if they wanted to. At their best Goodnight Monsters capture the spirit of 1986 as typified by the BMX Bandits, have the feel of 1968 bubblegum groups like the 1910 Fruitgum Orchestra and bop with timelessly youthful simplicity of Jonathan Richman. A fine debut from a band you have to hope never grows up." (Tim Sendra, AMG)

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REVIEWS

What lovely songs from the edge of Europe
author: Zhenya
This CD is great, lovely lovely songs. Classic indiepop from Finland.
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