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Hippies is the second long player from Austin's hardest working troublemakers,Harlem. As demonstrated by numerous self-booked tours including stints at SXSW and CMJ, Harlem have a reputation of making club gigs seem like living room shows (and living room shows feel like club shows).Hippies harnesses this energy in its 16 blasts of pure pop energy with anew dimension of songwriting that is as tightly masterful as it is true to a joyfully frantic primitivism.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Harlem/Hippies = Amazing lo-fi garage rock,
By Scott Ellinwood "fanclubber" (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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I bought the MP3 version of the album after hearing Friendly Ghost and Gay Human Bones on the radio. The entire album is equally catchy and filled with great songs. There's so much spirit and energy running through the recording that its hard not to get these songs stuck in your head.
I hear many different things in the music in terms of influences, but there is nothing so strong that it sounds like anyone other than Harlem. There are similarities to the Pixies in the nonsensical lyrics or guitar sound on Gay Human Bones. There's also a heavy dose of early White Stripes and some rhythmic similarities to Velvet Underground and a few others. If there were to be a quibble with the album its that it sounds like the mastering levels are too high (intentionally, I'm sure), and while this may heighten the sense of a low-fi garage band, it would be nice to hear these songs with clean production. It's not as badly distorted as The Stooges "Raw Power," but its present throughout the album. I highly recommend this album. Its my best purchase of the year so far!
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pure in the garage with a forty and a sticky magazine lusting after that cute scenester girl who won't put out for you music. bliss.
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Scuzzy Old School Punk with a hint of Pop,
By DISCover Tunes (Thompsontown, PA) - See all my reviews
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When a friend and I first heard this album, we thought The Clash. But its another great album of Scuzzy, Basement Jam, Garage Punk Rock with a nice hint of Pop Music.
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