Previous listeners of Phoenix will find little difference initially between Wolfgang and their 2006 work, It’s Never Been Like That. Both are bouncy slices of indie rock guaranteed to get feet tapping: “Lisztomania” rides a jittery beat and vocalist Thomas Mars’ oscillating vocals to a chorus perfectly memorable and perfectly simple, while “1901” mixes buzzing synths with a jangly chorus and a Mars’ echoing refrain of “fallin’” that begs to be sung along to. The one-two punch of first single “Lisztomania” and “1901” that opens the record is the kind of combo that could prevent the rest of the album from being heard. Maybe something was lost in translation over the Atlantic (sorry, I had to), but Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, their 4th major label effort, offers more than enough quirky synth-rock to finally give the band a hit on American shores. Lost in Translation wasn’t Garden State, and Phoenix certainly isn’t the Shins, but despite Phoenix’s ability to churn out irresistibly catchy pop singles, those same singles have never managed to translate into pop success. Phoenix has been chugging along dutifully for years ever since their taste-making role in Lost in Translation’s soundtrack, but fame has continued to elude the French foursome. Phoenix – Armistice – 3:05 (961 kbps, 21.Review Summary: Surely the high point of this band’s decade-long career.Phoenix – Love Like A Sunset Part II – 1:57 (819 kbps, 11.4 MB).Phoenix – Love Like A Sunset Part I – 5:39 (797 kbps, 32.18 MB).Vocalist Thomas Mars, more bright-eyed and youthful than ever, also sounds more a part of these songs, rather than coming across as a protruding element that clashes against the instruments. 2.” Beyond containing the band’s best, most efficient songwriting, the album also stands apart from the first three studio albums by projecting a cool punch that is unforced. 1” of “Love Like a Sunset,” which serves the same purpose as the extended instrumental passages on Roxy Music’s Avalon, at least until its rousing conclusion and shift into “Pt. There is plenty to like beyond that point, including “Lasso,” which niftily alternates between a tangled rhythm and tight-spiral riffing, and the labyrinthine “Pt. The two opening songs, the bopping “Lisztomania” and the buzzing “1901,” are so immediate and prone to habitual play that the remainder of the album is bound to be neglected. Realigned with Philippe Zdar, the half of Cassius who mixed United, Phoenix make adjustments on the polarizing characteristics of their second and third albums - the pokey and occasionally listless Alphabetical, the jagged and tune-deficient It’s Never Been Like That - with some of the most direct and enjoyable songs they’ve made to date. Phoenix-Wolfgang_Amadeus_Phoenix-CD-FLAC-2009-FAWNįLAC (tracks) 16 bit/ 44,1kHz | Time – 00:36:23 minutes | 239.83 MB | Genre: Rock
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