American Analog Set
The Fun of Watching Fireworks
Label ©  Emperor Jones
Release Year  1996
Length  44:01
Genre  Indie
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  A-0055
Bitrate  ~202 Kbps
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Diana Slowburner II  
       5:23  
      2.  
      		 On My Way  
       9:51  
      3.  
      		 Gone to Earth  
       7:03  
      4.  
      		 On The Run's Where I'm From  
       6:14  
      5.  
      		 Dim Stars (The Boy in My Arms)  
       6:16  
      6.  
      		 Trespassers in The Stereo Field  
       1:22  
      7.  
      		 Too Tired to Shine II  
       6:05  
      8.  
      		 It's Alright  
       1:47  
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      The American Analog Set's debut album is a hushed, evocative soundscape, an entrancing excursion into the realm of lo-fi dream-pop. Frontman Andrew Kenny's songs -- typified by the aptly-titled opening cut "Diana Slowburner II" -- are hypnotic and deceptively simple, constructed of little more than ringing guitars and gently insistent rhythms, with the steady, warm hum of a Farfisa coloring the music with a cosmic serenity; vocals creep in and out of the mix, rarely rising above a whisper. The cumulative effect is stunning: while the group owes a clear debt to artists like Galaxie 500 and Stereolab, theirs is nevertheless an original and unique voice -- The Fun of Watching Fireworks is an experience in complete sonic immersion.
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