it's very pleasing to see lo-fi indie pop back in the spotlight, away from the land of indie sleaze and returning to its gayer, kitschy, Velvet Underground-style roots. i know of Women but i never was as drawn into the music of a lot of bands of that late 00's garage rock period as i am here. it's not just about the sound - the songcraft is a lot more refined, and the echoy basement sound just increases its strange resonance rather than feeling like the primary selling point. Cindy Lee might be a fictional character but the songs are deeply sincere - this is not Ariel Pink. and the lo-fi sound elevates it out of the range of corny… More
Really charming. Not familiar with Cindy Lee but the album had sent really cute, sappy love songs that I can see myself returning to. The albums length makes it feel like it's the soundtrack to a lost early 2010's indie film, which may or may not be for everyone.
I listened to this waking up on my birthday and after a restless sleep. It was definitely an interesting album to wake up to but no complaints at all.
I find it impossible to rate this because it feels so deeply personal to me.
The first half reminds me of being 13, driving with my parents from Toronto to Niagara Falls, the windows rolled down and the radio cutting in and out, from CHUM-FM to CJED-FM as we pass through the FM stations broadcast of cities along the way. Being 19 and on the Greyhound to New York or Montreal, equipped with just an off-brand 128MB MP3 player for a 12 hour bus ride (and definitely no smartphone).
The album evokes for me a nostalgia (even on the first listen) for a monotonous Canadian suburbia I was so desperate to escape years ago that feels boundless and hopeful in… More