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The Zest of Yore : Throw It At The Moon
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Zesty indie-rock with a hefty dash of intelligence. Throw It At The Moon features 22 songs with smart, lighthearted lyrics and great music.
Genre: Rock: Progressive Rock
Release Date: 2004
Throw It At The Moon
The Zest of Yore
Record Label: Zest of Yore
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Boys Are Mesmerized 2:39 $0.99
Waka-Waka 2:55 $0.99
Spiritually Challenged 2:32 $0.99
The Catapulting Zoo 2:06 $0.99
Ida 2:29 $0.99
Brandish Your Uniform 3:06 $0.99
Family Fun 3:22 $0.99
A Cultivated Sensibility 2:14 $0.99
The Kid Gloves Come Off 2:17 $0.99
Throw It At The Moon 2:24 $0.99
Every Time Is The First Time 1:21 $0.99
I'll Do The Thinking 2:52 $0.99
Admit That It's Christmas (You've Got To) 3:06 $0.99
Oregon 1:20 $0.99
L.S.D.M. 3:30 $0.99
Mango 2:43 $0.99
It's A Fuse Not A Flare 1:50 $0.99
Weight Up 2:41 $0.99
Archeology 3:14 $0.99
Home Is Where The Hurt Is 3:13 $0.99
A Broadcast From Station Supreme 3:22 $0.99
Already Lost 1:50 $0.99
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Album Notes

On their full-length release The Zest of Yore builds on the success of 2003's debut EP. ZOY has been compared to Guided By Voices, Wilco and Elliott Smith and critics have hailed them for their "smart, sophisticated songwriting," "clever lyrical content" and "masterful guitar pop."

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http://www.zestofyore.com

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REVIEWS

Wonky lyrics head-to-head with crafty guitars and angular songwriting
author: Splendid Magazine
It's hard to know exactly what to make of The Zest Of Yore -- and that's probably how they like it. Wonky lyrics about the "Waka-Waka" (on the aptly named "Waka-Waka") come head to head with crafty guitars and angular songwriting (see the equally lyrically obtuse "Spiritually Challenged") to create an album that's simply too compelling to be written off as, uh, goofy. "The Catapulting Zoo"'s harmonies provide one of Throw It At The Moon's few pure pop treats, but the Zest boys seem more interested in exploring the inner workings of their songs, deconstructing them (as they do on the acoustic "Ida") and reassembling the damaged pieces into Flashing Lights-style pop ditties like "Brandish Your Uniform".
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prolific lo-fi recordings + jazz schooling
author: Mariel Tam
Guided by Voices’ prolific lo-fi recordings are an obvious influence here, but so’s the jazz schooling that all four skilled musicians are rooted in. Zest of Yore deftly mixes well-written, quirky pop tunes, low-key excursions into folk, and jokey tongue-in-cheek numbers (like the falsetto-heavy "L.D.S.M.," short for "love and drugs and sex and music").
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