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Modern Rock

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I love this band. They get better and better if that is possible. David Kilgour's solo work and his ensemble work with The Clean is some of the most majestic and enthralling rock that I have in my collection. This is something to return to again and again and savor in a major way. Totally awesome.

try the album "vehicle", which is a classic and possibly the best LP ever made, ever. This one is OK though, but less solid and more quirky.

Amazon has this album listed under Clear Light, the 60's psych band, but its not that at all, its a French prog band lead by French Keyboard virtuoso Cyrille Verdeaux, called Clearlight. Its great keyboard driven prog with long songs and lots of changes. David Cross guests on violin.

I bought this album while I was going through my most difficult period in college. My girlfriend was becoming a ball and chain. I had all sorts of anxieties regarding my bleak future. My house mates were becoming a nuisance. I had frequent bouts of depression. I dropped out of my modern english literature class because I was just in a funk. My best and only friend dropped out of college right before that semester started. In short, I wanted out of this mess, and listening to beautiful Big Star's depressing masterpeice "3rd" was driving me towards the mental institution. For some strange reason my melo-dramatic life took a upward swing once I heard "Modern Rock." The long winding drones of the lazy help me relax to lyrics like "I want to be sitting in the rain." The simple pop melodies accompanied with farfisa, guitar frazzle and jangle uplifted my spirits every morning before class. The album ends with "Do Your Thing" One of those perfect songs that just hits the source from which pop grows. The album is simple in composition and instrumentation but rich in meaning and content. It's soothing, happy, perky, kinda quirky, and contemplative. Best of all The Clean goes beyond sounding like whiny, of-woes me, immature, angst-ridden College Music (Radiohead, Sparklehorse). It's fresh. Going through the "Modern Rock" experience for me was certainly a passage into adulthood. This album is immortal. It taught me to loosen-up, be more open, and to "do my thing." Give it three listens and it just seeps through. It's particularly good rock in the afternoons while having a cup of tea with some intimate friends. Sounds like what? This band is unique. Just maybe you can find some traces of the Velvets or the Chills...just maybe.