1. |
Minibeasts and Ourselves
00:54
|
|||
2. |
Similar Phantoms
03:10
|
|||
|
Violent turned the day
As we lay awake
A thunderstorm shook its charms
Wrapped trees around our cars
You asked me to heal
Your only brittle lung
With bright holistic words
I quit in mid-verse
You say it happens all the time
To be a similar phantom
Watch me disappear
You told those sitting near
Promise me you’ll take your hands
And shove them down your throats
|
||||
3. |
Terrorangles
04:31
|
|||
|
How old was he?
We grew up down the street
We never spoke
But he was my hope
In truth
Not end
I closed off
From my friends
But they spoke to me
I said that I don’t care about anyone
I don’t care about anyone
I too closed off
And waved from film
And I spoke to them
And said that I don’t care about anyone
I don’t care about anyone
We’re two
Two in a wave
I don’t care about anyone
|
||||
4. |
Mt. Ogee
03:02
|
|||
|
I was shell-shocked
In the summer
Found it silent
In the country
I was shell-shocked
In the winter
Found it lonesome
In the city
On the sidewalk
I spent the whole day long
Staring at the sun
Careening down the halls
Spent the summer
In squalor
Took a wife and
Took her name
Found her heartbeat
In the middle
Felt her heartbeat
In the middle
In the middle
In the middle
Felt her heartbeat
In the middle
In the middle
In the middle
|
||||
5. |
Hung from Wire
04:07
|
|||
|
I can’t pay what I owe
Needless to say
On a train
Coughing flames
Needles in my mouth
Clay
On a cloud
Hung from wire
Dive
From a cliff
With the black waters rising
When I was a part
Of the violet affair
I felt its black heart beating quick
Stoned from the drums
I can’t pay what I owe
Needless to say
Silverfish
Line the walls
Of my room
|
||||
6. |
Keepah
03:00
|
|||
|
Do you understand?
I am the perfect man
Enjoy your tan my little keepah
And I’m not ashamed I pulled the rug out
On your cheap disguise
I sold my friends out
And what for?
Do you understand?
I am the perfect man
Spending all my time in isolation
On the attic stairs
I sold my friends out
And what for?
|
||||
7. |
Shark Week
04:37
|
|||
|
Cryptic notes and telephone calls
Stretch for weeks
The length of which I’ve never seen
I felt like sinking ships
In the undertow
Stranger are the days
And still the nights
Alone at night by kitchen light
Soft and green
Trying to speak to the air it seems
I felt like sinking ships
|
||||
8. |
Mid-Century Squall
02:47
|
|||
|
In my car
A gospel station on
Driving west
|
||||
9. |
Sudden Walks
03:46
|
|||
|
Repetition
It takes too long
And I’ve seen
It turn out wrong
And I won’t
Be drawn on in
Until I’m left for dead
Recognition
It takes too long
And I’ve seen
It turn out wrong
And I won’t
Be drawn on in
Until I am fighting the fight for cough syrup presidents
I’m fighting the fight for something I never knew
Repetition
|
||||
10. |
Saint in Robes
03:07
|
|||
|
So
A chord
May bend
Again
That’s why I let you go
So
You are
A saint
In robes
|
||||
11. |
Betamax (1981)
02:24
|
|||
|
Hold a rivulet
Like a basket of olive eyes
Kept by the walls
Bookish and overused
I knew his son
I sincerely dreamt
Of 1981
Hold a rivulet
Like a basket of olive eyes
I knew his son
|
||||
Small Reactions Atlanta, Georgia
Small Reactions play situational pop songs. Relying on the minimal instrumentation of guitar, bass, vintage organs, and
drums, the quartet is equal parts post-punk, new wave, and surf.
Their music has been internationally praised by Huffington Post, GoldFlakePaint, Atwood Magazine, The Big Takeover, and more. They've directly supported the likes of Portugal The Man, Mac DeMarco, and DIIV.
... more
If you like Small Reactions, you may also like:
supported by 11 fans who also own “Similar Phantoms”
Remember how Bill Murray woke up to I Got You Babe every day in Groundhog Day? If that song would have been Made Of Moods, he at the very least experienced three and a half perfect minutes each day. It’s one of those songs that I enjoy each and every second of, with it’s jangly guitars and hushed vocals that almost have a Beach Boys vibe, especially in the verse. Truly, it’s a song for the ages. But the best news about Still Life is that it offers eleven additional underground pop gems.
go to album
Before There Were Pictures
by Pale Lights
supported by 10 fans who also own “Similar Phantoms”
Just such a great band, it’s all well & good having the ‘sound’ but the best have the tunes as well to elevate them above the rest. Pale Lights have them in abundance. Not a bad track on this LP, I love it/them!
go to album
supported by 9 fans who also own “Similar Phantoms”
There is something about Australian 'indie' pop that is clearly unique and second to none when at it's best. Drawing on a long and proud history arguably beginning in the post-punk era of the late 70's influences such as The Go Betweens and early Triffids can be heard. There's also a deliberative nod to the Dunedin Sound of bands such as The Clean and The Chills.It's unassuming, jangly guitar with shared male & female vocals.
go to album
Wide Wall Tree Tall
by Cave Story
Indie rock from Portugal, Cave Story recall the genre’s best days with their ambling guitars and wry vocals. Excellent!
go to album
On her latest EP, Baltimore's Mariah Fortune adds electronic beats and synth layers to her rhythmic dark folk meditations.
go to album
An American Album of Familiar Music (2017 Remastered/Expanded Edition)
by Orchidales
Lo-fi indie pop polished up and remastered lets the pretty melodies and nostalgic lyrics shine through.
go to album
Demos & Live Songs
by MERCURY GIRLS
supported by 9 fans who also own “Similar Phantoms”
I don't know if "complicated pop" is a genre, but that's the best way I can think of to describe this. Jangly, shoegaze-y music at its best.
go to album
