playlist artwork#12 this weekLovers Leap

by Dan Bryk

Tracks

1 1:50 1636 listens
2 3:09 1089 listens
3 4:23 644 listens
4 3:46 544 listens
5
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4:29 401 listens
6 4:39 356 listens
7 2:14 444 listens
8 4:46 338 listens
9 4:46 250 listens
10 3:28 261 listens
11 3:39 237 listens
12 3:44 186 listens
13 3:15 213 listens

About this album

  • Updated: 16/04/2009

 Bryk's international debut, originally released by Scratchie Records in 2000.

"It's no small feat to simultaneously evoke Randy Newman, Elvis Costello, They Might Be Giants, and Momus, but Canadian songwriter Dan Bryk pulls it off with style and wit. Bryk has three assets that help his classic piano-man style find purchase in this cynical age: A fatally gorgeous and tactfully deployed falsetto, a minutely specific worldview, and a dash of lo-fi indie rockery to deflate accusations of retrofetish... a sparkling pop palimpsest."  -Brian Howe, Pitchforkmedia.com

"Gemlike acts of idiosyncratic genius... more proof of just how exaggerated reports of song's demise remain. A minus." -Christgau Consumer Guide 

 

The tracks of this album are published under a Creative Commons licence, check the licence associated to each track.

Reviews for "Lovers Leap"

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S-o-u-l-m-a-t-e

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S-o-u-l-m-a-t-e • 2009-04-19 11:34:20

Wie soll ich das bewerten? Für die Musik, die Qualität, die Vielschichtigkeit der Songs hätte ich am liebsten 10 Punkte vergeben. Die sind einfach nur gut! Aber: Ich hab ganz arge Probleme mit den Vocals. Beispiel ist hier Track 3: Der fängt so schön an und dann kommt die Stimme und ich denke aua. Es ist nicht überall so schlimm, aber bei vielen Songs dachte ich, das jetzt mit der richtigen Stimme gesungen wäre ein Knaller. Bitte nicht aufgeben, weiter Songs schreiben, aber entweder das Singen verbessern oder Andere singen lassen.
509

Good pop album with idiosyncratic vocals

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509 • 2009-08-25 04:50:15

Good pop album with idiosyncratic vocals and lots of references to pop styles and pop titans of the last millenniums three decades. A bit of softend "the stranglers" flavour, "Money Mark" alike vocals, but less bold, more pop. If you can accommodate to his non sleek vocals you'll like it (very probably even very much). nb: "You can copy, distribute, advertise and play this album" So, why can't it be downloaded? Neither single tracks nor the album Intentionally or by mistake? A pity in either case.
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