Lion the Girl

Midnight Movies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Watertower Music
• ASIN: B000NQR7YI
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,401 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Midnight Movies first made waves in 2004 with their eponymous debut, about which the LA Times called "undeniably cinematic". After a line-up change and a new label, they return with this release. The California landscape serves as a perfect backdrop for "Lion The Girl". The hypnotic vocals of Gena Olivier cut a seductive path through the layers of lovely psychedelic landscapes. The OC Weekly appropriately crowned Olivier with having "all the beauty and talent of a modern-day Grace Slick." Produced by Steve Fisk (Screaming Trees, Nirvana, Pell Mell).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another feline to love, December 5, 2007

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Anthony Rupert "shut up, Shut Up, SHUT UP!!!" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lion the Girl (Audio CD)

Yeah, that was bad. But I listen to so much music that sometimes I don't even remember where I heard of some artists; such is the case with the band Midnight Movies. Whatever the case, I can't find a single thing wrong with their album Lion the Girl.

I'm also not sure how many people are IN the band (their biography on allmusic.com lists three members, but then this album claims to feature five members; then there are only FOUR members on the album cover), but I'll still say that lead vocalist Gena Olivier has a nice voice that carries over the equally nice backdrops. Highlights that come to mind include "Coral Den", "Hide Away" and the single "Patient Eye". Another standout is "Dawn", a short but sweet instrumental.

If you like `80s-era Annie Lennox (not that Ms. Lennox is bad NOW, though), then you'll definitely like this. So grab some popcorn, a tall glass of soda, and enjoy some midnight movies.

Anthony Rupert

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easily the best new album I've gotten in years, October 23, 2007

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Jon Wandke - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lion the Girl (Audio CD)

I heard the song "Lion Song" one time, and liked it a lot. I got this album for that one song, and hoped I wouldn't be disappointed.

This whole album is excellent. Way beyond anything I expected.

I like the songs as individual songs, and I also like the album as a whole. "Lion the Girl" is a rare combination of one of those discs where the whole album works together and builds a cohesive and satisfying whole (like Disintegration or like Too Dark Park), and that also has several standout individual tracks.

The music itself reminds me of The Velvet Underground. The interplay and weaving of the instruments and multiple interesting things going on at once. A simultaneous mellowness and intensity, with occasional extremes at both end.

I wish there was more music similar to this, and as good as this.

5.0 out of 5 stars Music lovers, January 25, 2009

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Dee (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lion the Girl (Audio CD)

Wow, what a sound. Like nothing out there today. This is one music purchase you'll be glad you made. It's in my car and plays non-stop. The more I play it, the more I LOVE IT! What talent. I got to see these guys play live at the House of Blues in San Diego. Absolutely amazing!