27-04-2010, 22:57
released Apr 27th, 2010
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from the album - Pony People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgcWLpA2NXE
bio from all music
Playing brilliantly simple, off-kilter garage pop akin to the Modern Lovers, Los Angelesâ Wounded Lion feature singer/guitarist Brad Eberhard, who is also a fine art painter and used to be an art teacher; drummer Monty Buckles (also of the Lamps); and Shant, Chris, Jun, and Raffi. Eberhard began recording songs into GarageBand in 2008, the same year Wounded Lion debuted with the S-S single "Carol Cloud" b/w "Pony People"; the B-side was covered by the Intelligence on their album Fake Surfers. They returned with the Creatures in the Cave 7" on Gilongo in 2009, and moved to In the Red for that yearâs "Friendly?" single, which also featured covers of Creedence Clearwater Revivalâs âBad Moon Risingâ and Wild Man Fischerâs âBig Boots.â Their self-titled full-length debut appeared on In the Red in 2010.
album review from all music
Over the course of 2008 and 2009, Wounded Lion released a string of singles that were as weird as they were addictively catchy. Their brilliantly simple garage pop songs about centaurs and Star Wars were bona fide earworms, but could the band sustain that kind of offbeat humor through an entire album? Their self-titled debut full-length answers that question with a strong -- if not quite resounding -- yes. Wounded Lion works partly because itâs nice and concise, gathering some of the bandâs singles and new songs into a set thatâs just under half an hour, and partly because the bandâs style is so minimal that itâs remarkably malleable. Those singles are just as appealing here as they were on 7" vinyl, especially âCreatures in the Cave,â which finds Wounded Lion leader Brad Eberhard sounding uncannily like an (even more) unhinged David Byrne as he shouts âIâm in love! Iâm in the cave!â âPony Peopleâ is also a standout, with oddly philosophical lyrics like âLotta people are lookinâ for themselves/And they find what they want/Sometimesâ set to music that sounds like a lost early-â60s proto-garage gem -- if they wrote songs about satyrs back then, that is. Though these songs sound a little more polished than the single versions, theyâre still a bewitching mix of strange and simple, with an outsider art quality that can leave listeners scratching their heads even if they can sing or play along to them in a matter of minutes. Wounded Lionâs new songs have plenty of art brut moments, too, especially the rumbling album opener âHungry?â and âBlack Sox,â which ends with a tribal chant of âComment allez-vous?,â but the band also finds ways to get more subtle and more straightforward. âSilver Peopleâ dials down the whimsy and focuses on driving rock, while âBelt of Orionâ plays with structure and harmonies while making interstellar travel feel like running into old friends. Wounded Lion even closes with the bandâs version of a love song: the country-tinged âCrünchy Starsâ puts the "croon" back in âcrunchyâ and manages to be weird and sweet at the same time. While die-hard fans of the band will be momentarily bummed that some singles didnât make it to this album, the fun Wounded Lion have on their debut is just as contagious here.
Track Listing
1 Hungry? Eberhard 2:18
2 Creatures In the Cave Eberhard 3:22
3 Degobah System 2:39
4 Hunan Province Eberhard 3:11
5 Carol Cloud Eberhard 2:31
6 Hanging Ancient Circles Eberhard 1:26
7 Belt of Orion Eberhard 2:45
8 Pony People Eberhard 3:06
9 Black Sox 1:41
10 Silver People Eberhard 2:53
11 Omar Walk 2:21
12 Crüchy Stars Eberhard 1:48
from the album - Pony People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgcWLpA2NXE
bio from all music
Playing brilliantly simple, off-kilter garage pop akin to the Modern Lovers, Los Angelesâ Wounded Lion feature singer/guitarist Brad Eberhard, who is also a fine art painter and used to be an art teacher; drummer Monty Buckles (also of the Lamps); and Shant, Chris, Jun, and Raffi. Eberhard began recording songs into GarageBand in 2008, the same year Wounded Lion debuted with the S-S single "Carol Cloud" b/w "Pony People"; the B-side was covered by the Intelligence on their album Fake Surfers. They returned with the Creatures in the Cave 7" on Gilongo in 2009, and moved to In the Red for that yearâs "Friendly?" single, which also featured covers of Creedence Clearwater Revivalâs âBad Moon Risingâ and Wild Man Fischerâs âBig Boots.â Their self-titled full-length debut appeared on In the Red in 2010.
album review from all music
Over the course of 2008 and 2009, Wounded Lion released a string of singles that were as weird as they were addictively catchy. Their brilliantly simple garage pop songs about centaurs and Star Wars were bona fide earworms, but could the band sustain that kind of offbeat humor through an entire album? Their self-titled debut full-length answers that question with a strong -- if not quite resounding -- yes. Wounded Lion works partly because itâs nice and concise, gathering some of the bandâs singles and new songs into a set thatâs just under half an hour, and partly because the bandâs style is so minimal that itâs remarkably malleable. Those singles are just as appealing here as they were on 7" vinyl, especially âCreatures in the Cave,â which finds Wounded Lion leader Brad Eberhard sounding uncannily like an (even more) unhinged David Byrne as he shouts âIâm in love! Iâm in the cave!â âPony Peopleâ is also a standout, with oddly philosophical lyrics like âLotta people are lookinâ for themselves/And they find what they want/Sometimesâ set to music that sounds like a lost early-â60s proto-garage gem -- if they wrote songs about satyrs back then, that is. Though these songs sound a little more polished than the single versions, theyâre still a bewitching mix of strange and simple, with an outsider art quality that can leave listeners scratching their heads even if they can sing or play along to them in a matter of minutes. Wounded Lionâs new songs have plenty of art brut moments, too, especially the rumbling album opener âHungry?â and âBlack Sox,â which ends with a tribal chant of âComment allez-vous?,â but the band also finds ways to get more subtle and more straightforward. âSilver Peopleâ dials down the whimsy and focuses on driving rock, while âBelt of Orionâ plays with structure and harmonies while making interstellar travel feel like running into old friends. Wounded Lion even closes with the bandâs version of a love song: the country-tinged âCrünchy Starsâ puts the "croon" back in âcrunchyâ and manages to be weird and sweet at the same time. While die-hard fans of the band will be momentarily bummed that some singles didnât make it to this album, the fun Wounded Lion have on their debut is just as contagious here.
Track Listing
1 Hungry? Eberhard 2:18
2 Creatures In the Cave Eberhard 3:22
3 Degobah System 2:39
4 Hunan Province Eberhard 3:11
5 Carol Cloud Eberhard 2:31
6 Hanging Ancient Circles Eberhard 1:26
7 Belt of Orion Eberhard 2:45
8 Pony People Eberhard 3:06
9 Black Sox 1:41
10 Silver People Eberhard 2:53
11 Omar Walk 2:21
12 Crüchy Stars Eberhard 1:48