Brigadoon

P:ano | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 19, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mint Records
• ASIN: B0007UDCP8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #448,364 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The Stranger

"...P:ano still manage to maintain what is essentially the heart of their charm...And it works. Beautifully."

Product Description

Brigadoon is the third full-length from the still-young Vancouver-based group P:ano, and the first released by Mint. P:ano’s first two albums, When It’s Dark & It's Summer and The Den, found a band working to find a voice of its own in contemporary indie rock. As it turns out, however, P:ano’s voice is uniquely eclectic, idiosyncratically engaging a diversity of musical and thematic interests. This restless creativity is exactly what it means to be P:ano, eschewing one sound for a multitude, taking up whatever is musically contingent when necessary.

Even back when they first began, P:ano already sounded like more than just their audible influences (The Beach Boys, Yo La Tengo, Low, The Magnetic Fields, Microphones), but no matter what influences they draw upon, Brigadoon proves that the sum is always greater than the parts. Brigadoon is great pop music: a real achievement for a young band with much promise, still dedicatedly searching the fields of inspiration for traces and clues of the truth of pop perfection, articulated through adventurous and smart musical miscellany.

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Versatile Indie Pop, August 5, 2007

By 

Sean P. Dolan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brigadoon (Audio CD)

P:ano is versatile. This Vancouver-based indie-pop band has really put together an enjoyable disk. P:ano can do so much - "The Den" showed the extent of Krgovich's lyrical and orchestral prowess on a laid back album. "Ghost Pirates Without Heads", more like a half-album, came with the busting out of whimsical songs about childish fantasies along to many simple and interesting instruments.

Here, in "Brigadoon", they continue with the surprises. Turning from pop to twee to sea chanties to folk on a dime, they cram a million sounds into a short period. This keeps things very fresh and interesting, and I can't even go into the variety of instrumentation I hear. A standout track is "You the Widow"... a new take on an old sound - catchy! With 22 songs on one CD, they never linger long on any one thing. I love this. One small downside is that the CD will feel a tad too forced at times. But overall it is quite enjoyable.

Another surprise is Loyva's voice, which clearly shines on some of the tracks, such as "monster mash".

This is a fantastic and acoustically interesting album. It is quite listenable, and while it lacks the depth of some of P:ano's other work, it makes up for it in experimentation. This is a must buy if you like P:ano, weird instruments, or eccentric pop.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars diverse sounding indie pop, December 27, 2006

By 

nowaveshow "Jack Larson" (Noblesville, Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brigadoon (Audio CD)

First off P:ano is an indie pop band, but because they use a variety of instruments, tones, and vocalists it keeps things interesting throughout "brigadoon." The album itself is 22 tracks clocking in at 54 minutes and 11 seconds. The vocals on this release are beautifully executed by the band. There is a good mixture of male/female vocals along with some tremendous harmonies. P:ano is a band that reminds me of several groups that I already admire and listen to. You can hear bits and pieces of neutral milk hotel, magnetic fields, saturday looks good to me, and half handed cloud on this cd. To be specific tracks 5 and 7 sound like electronic pop songs of the magnetic fields. The female singer sounds similar to the female vocalist in saturday looks good to me. (especially on pure evil) Overall the tracks on this disc are consistently great due to the high quality songwriting talents of band leader nick krgovich. Another aspect of this release I like is that all the lyrics are included in the liner notes. Its strange to me that nobody else has reviewed this album, but hopefully in time more and more people will take notice of one of the hidden gems of 2005.