Howl Howl Gaff Gaff

Shout Out Louds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• ASIN: B0009E32DE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

More evidence that there is actually a garage rock factory in Sweden--the U.S. debut from this perfectly formed, retro-rock quintet bustles with handclaps, keyboard-driven pop melodies and a potent new-wave punch. There's a drop-dead gorgeous blonde like the Ravonettes and a shaggy-haired front man like the Hives (plus someone that inexplicably looks like Moby) but Shout Out Louds otherwise offer up their own variation of the genre using crisp go-go rhythms on "Hurry Up Let's Go" and a woozy southern drawl on the bittersweet "Please Please Please." Fans of the Wannadies will certainly not want to look the other way. --Aidin Vaziri

Product Description

Debut album from the Swedish five piece rock band. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars garage pop with a lot o' heart, August 21, 2005

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Brian P. Borzym "music geek" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Audio CD)

Let me just say, that i am kind of anal when it comes to music. i am a huge music nerd, and i scramble to pick up all sorts of old records. and with new music, i am even more of a finicky shopper. but this band....just won me over with it's heart! i hear comeback...and the song felt so familiar...not in a "hackneyed" way, but like something from childhood. The vocal styling sometimes recalls Stephen Malkmus at his most friendly ("i'm a reasonable man"). This band is just comforting and gentle without being boring. And the counter-harmony's on "track and a train" are just heavenly.

a few quick reasons i love this band...

1)moog!
2)honesty, lack of pretentiousness
3)warmth of production and content
4)incredibly nerdy but....i think bebban stenborg could be the potential bearer of my progeny. any lady who weilds a moog is fair game for me.

so...in my opinion, if you enjoy the garage stylings of pavement, weezer, or ben kweller, the earnesty of deathcab for cutie, the more lighthearted velvet underground, the boy/girl hamonies of stereolab....i recommend this album.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a great album, August 2, 2005

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Aaron Breitbarth "Indie/Progressive/Experimen... (Metamora, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Audio CD)

Although the album omits a few great songs from the various EPs the Shout Out Louds have put out, it is still fantastic. To refrain from employing the phrase "catchy" the band is down right good, and the songs are loveable. You'll find yourself tapping your fingers to the opening track, bobbing around joyfully to the second, and building on your musical elation until you are dancing like no one is looking when "Hurry Up" plays on your preferred media player. If "Please Please Please"--possibly the albums climax--didn't already do that. Of course the album settles you down into a mellow state of Swedish bliss with the last two tracks. Not to mention, the Scandanavian Jam session the album finishes with is superb.

I suggest this album be purchased. It is good.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bring it!, June 14, 2005

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I'm "TooHipForAmazon." (San Francisco.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Audio CD)

Excellent album. For all the cool kids who don't call themselves cool kids.