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Solaire : And Then I Strapped Explosives To My Body
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Their repetitive and catchy melodies seem to be a thoughtfully placed stylistic device to prepare the forthcoming musical eruption, that creates a unique and intense moment.
Genre: Rock: Post-Rock/Experimental
Release Date: 2006
And Then I Strapped Explosives To My Body Record Label: Dying Giraffe Recordings
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Ming's Pretty Years 6:37 $0.99
Untitled (self portrait) 5:44 $0.99
Three Hours Into Spring 4:11 $0.99
1:1.618 4:43 $0.99
Timon 3:50 $0.99
Iamnotsad 6:04 $0.99
The Great Went 3:59 $0.99
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Album Notes

Sunny is hardly the word with which to describe the atmospheric and repetitive music of the Rotterdam post rock formation Solaire. The band was not called after our brightest star, but after a particularly ominous incident involving a heavy-set, angry, black woman on Schiphol airport, shouting and waving around a bag of Garniers Ambre Solaire at the time the band was being formed. But perhaps also after the flaming energy the band exhibits on stage.

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