Dead City Sunbeams

Kid Silver | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: February 26, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jet Set Records
• ASIN: B00000I3WI
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,338 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dead City Sunbeams

2. Hey Tresspasser

3. Racing Daylight

4. Don't Start...

5. 67 Cities Of Light

6. My Electric Sky

7. 24 Last Days Of The Lilac

8. Breadcrumbs

9. Devils And Demons

10. Keep Warm

11. Punchdrunk Sweethearts

12. Don't Bring Tears To A Table

13. Scarecrow

14. Layabout Superstars

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bono meets Echo in a home recording studio?, October 21, 1999

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John L Murphy "Fionnchú" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead City Sunbeams (Audio CD)

Lamenting the loss of the great London-Irish band Rollerskate Skinny (whose two albums, Shoulder Voices and Horsedrawn Wishes, if combined and edited into one cd with the best 12 songs would be one of my desert island discs), here's my remedy. Dubliner Ken Griffin, now solo from RS, emigrates to NYC and has his own album to do. While his former bandmate Jimi Shields (brother of Kevin of My Bloody Valentine) develops the thicker RS sound with his dazzling neo-psych band Lotus Crown, Griffin sticks to a sparser style. Griffin's voice, shorn of his RS bandmates' more eccentric backing, heightens the U2/Echo comparisons. Not that KG's exactly straightforward. His talent lies in twists and turns. Incorporating touches of hip-hop, rap, and electronica into the r-and-r mix, the sound can be a bit too spare in places. As if he imitates Bono's vox and released his backing-track home demos. Yet, by the time the album spins round to Layabout Superstars, he captures the lush poetry of RS while striving to move forward into a more contemporary vibe. I wish the production could've benefitted from a bigger budget and a denser texture, but nonetheless, in its own wistful vocals and meditative lyrics, it shows that KG's ready to keep channelling his own musical muse.

5.0 out of 5 stars Redemption, January 17, 2001

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David Alexander (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead City Sunbeams (Audio CD)

This is a beautiful psychadelic album. Lush layering and abstract super-creative melodies. HorseDrawn Wishes was a soundtrack to my life for a while-this album has the same sense of passion and validity. Great orchestrations. Inspiring lyrics. Bravo!!

5.0 out of 5 stars do yourself a favour..., February 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dead City Sunbeams (Audio CD)

really excellent album, BEWARE: if you liked rollerskate skinny, prepare yourself for something a little different (but just as tasty). NICE ONE KEN!