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frothy futurist pop.
Genre:
Pop: with Electronic Production
Release Date:
2005
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Only I Can Save You
© Copyright-Todd Stadtman
(783707030906)
Record Label: Prix Fixe Records
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Combining an interest in all things musically adventurous with a gift for classic pop song craft, former Zikzak frontman Todd Stadtman has dedicated himself to mining for the fresh and unexpected within the limits of the three minute pop single. With "Only I can save you", Stadtman revels in all the guilty pleasures of processed pop, utilizing fizzy electronics, stark modernist arrangements and digitally altered instrumentation to augment his sharply written, diabolically catchy tunes. The result is an irresistible musical confection - a brisk and quirkily effervescent set that tweaks classic song forms with an endless array of sonic surprises.
"A genius of timeless pop"
-aB Magazine
"Stadtman croons prada issue, post-modern pop songs in a voice that recalls a young Brian Ferry."
-Pittsbugh Tribune-Review
"Stadtman writes songs like some odd hybrid of Martin Gore and Elvis Costello."
-Jetbunny Magazine
"Cloaked in the bubblegum wrapper of Stadtman's pop is a unique genius"
- Smother.net
"Todd Stadtman has a sheer talent for his craft."
-Indieville.com
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author: The All Music Guide
On his second solo album, singer/songwriter Todd Stadtman moves even further from the retro-futurist synth pop of his earlier band, Zikzak, into a timeless electro-acoustic sound beholden to no particular styles or time periods of pop music's past. It's not that Stadtman has created something entirely unique on Only I Can Save You — fans of the Magnetic Fields in particular will find this album comfortably familiar — but Stadtman's previous work has rarely sounded this self-assured. These 12 songs are as effortlessly catchy as those of pure-pop traditionalists like Fountains of Wayne ("I Don't Know Why She's Here" in particular is a small masterpiece), but Stadtman introduces plenty of oddball textures like the manipulated electronic voices that take the lead on "I'm Good" and neat arrangement touches like the horns that crop up occasionally on the appealing Barenaked Ladies-like bubblegum of "Talking Through My Mouth." Endearingly quirky and utterly charming, Only I Can Save You is a delight through and through.
- Stewart Mason
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author: Under The Volcano Magazine
This dude reminds me of a more flamboyant Bowie, a more feminine Prince, and everyone of that genre of solo artist amplified by 10. Don't get me wrong, that's a beautiful thing - there's nothing more sexy than a feminine man. Todd's songs are fancy and upbeat with lots of triggers and simple beats. He's the perfect equation of a hit song. I could see him being as popular as the Postal Service, since he fits pretty well into that genre of Californian bubbly, electronic Post Punk. (CD)
- Cain
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author: The Big Takeover
San Francisco-based Stadtman was last heard in the lush pop duo ZIkzak, but here he hooks up with soundtrack artist Dan Wool for this quirky, minimalist electro-pop LP. Stadtman avoids the repetition often associated with programmed electronic music, infusing each light-hearted tune with varied arrangements and sonics. His warm singing evokes other proficient tunesmiths such as Robyn Hitchcock, Edwyn Collins, and Jazz Butcher's Pat Fish, while on the lyrical side, he's always trying to mend some fractured relationship. The LP gains strength as it progresses, but there are likable gems strewn throughout, whether the jaunty "The Clock in My Heart", the helium-voiced silliness of "I'm Good", or the breezy, horn-flecked standout "Talking Through My Mouth" (just try to get this one out of your head - it's impossible!)
- Mark Suppanz
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author: Smother.net
EDITOR'S PICK /
Todd is one of those guys that you'd expect either at Berklee College of Music or the local insane asylum. He'd certainly fit in either with his eclectic style of indie pop. You can hear the influences swirling about in the vein of They Might Be Giants with a certain appreciable nod in the direction of Elvis Costello and his mainstream approachable pop. Cloaked in the bubblegum wrapper of Stadtman's pop is an unique genius that's as eclectic as Japanese culture where this album no doubt would explode from Tokyo's plushest stereos.
- J-Sin
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