Rock It to the Moon [Import]

Electrelane | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Too Pure
• ASIN: B000ALCFXY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #346,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

By turns hard rocking and atmospheric, the aptly titled Rock It to the Moon is this British foursome's excellent debut CD. Electrelane creates garage rock with a difference in the tradition of the Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray," the Fall, and early Stereolab. A typical track alternates between moody impressionistic passages and urgent grooves driven by effective straight-ahead drumming. Things like odd vocal parts, radio sounds, or guitar noise often tweak the tunes. Verity Susman works wonders with her Farfisa. Her approach might evoke Question Mark & the Mysterians and other outfits that favor simple, catchy keyboard parts, but she definitely brings her own distinctive touch to the album. On "Gabriel," she pairs organ and glockenspiel to create a sparkling tone that lights up the track. The group branches out on "Many Peaks" and "The Boat"; the former features lovely piano, strings, and horns, while the latter is an eerie low-end soundscape. A fine first album that glances backward in time as it moves forward. --Fred Cisterna

Product Description

Originally released on Electrelane's own label Let's Rock in 2002, `Rock It To The Moon' received much critical acclaim and established Electrelane's as a unique and powerful band. Shunning conventions and expectations, it is a primarily instrumental record that builds with passion, intensity and atmosphere at every twist and turn. `Rock It To The Moon' is a pulsating, spiralling and emotive beast where dirty metal-derived guitar riffs, heavy bass-lines, omnipresent intoxicating Farfisa organ and a centred, building drum beat weave and climax in a thrilling nu-wave, garage-rock and Krautrock-esq combined assault. At once avant-garde, yet also toying gently with a pop aesthetic - the animated organ on `Film Music' and `Blue Straggler' and the chugging guitar, hand-clapping and harmonising on `Spartakiade' - each track is unforgettably infectious.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Electrelane - 'Rock It To The Moon' (Mr.Lady), January 24, 2005

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock It to the Moon (Audio CD)

Coming to you straight out of Brighton,UK.'Rock It...' is the all-female electronic/Avant Garde band's first release,as they have one other that came out as it's follow-up.The gals were supposed to play a pub in my area fairly recent,but the gig was apparently cancelled.If this CD is any indication,they should be decent to see live.Tracks that I thought carried some weight were "Gabriel"(nice keyboard work),"Blue Stranggler",the krautrock-ish "Long Dark" and "U.O.R.".Line-up:Mia Clarke-guitar,Rachel Dalley-bass,Verity Susman-keyboards and Emma Gaze-drums.Might appeal to fans of Sonic Youth,Stereolab,PJ Harvey and KaitO.A very decent find.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hardly groundbreaking, but worth a listen., April 12, 2004

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skytwo "skytwo" (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock It to the Moon (Audio CD)

This insturmental British quartet seems largely known for the number of bands to which they've been compared. I think the comparisons are a little overblown, but the album more than anything resembles a slightly unfinished work. Without vocals (there are some small exceptions here and there), the group just doesn't really manage to carve out its own niche. It lacks a unique sound that lets you know that you're definitely NOT listening to something by another group.

All told, if you enjoy the samples, you'll probably enjoy the album in its entirety. While consistent, it's a real mishmash of electronic, punk, and occasionally ambient sounds with a little bit of vocal harmonizing here and there. Not exactly upbeat, not exactly downbeat. It's a little bit of everything without standing out from the crowd-- which makes it difficult to give Electrelane's debut a higher rating.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars rockin' indeed, June 16, 2003

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Keir H. Fogarty "funkarty" (fort collins, colorado United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock It to the Moon (Audio CD)

so I read the other review, and mostly agree with what was said, I think comparisons to Mogwai and Godspeed You Black Emporer! are a bit of a stretch---this band resembles early Stereolab much more than either of the two previously mentioned bands--its a hard rocking interplay of rhythmic guitar groove, feedback-laced good times--a great background, rocking type of album--wear it jogging, listen to it in the car on a road-trip--you won't be humming catchy riffs per se, but you will tap your foot in time and love the energy--its got that feedback lounge type of feel that makes one think that the girls grew up listening to Stan Getz just as much as the Velvet Underground--Bridgette Bardot followed by Sonic Youth--Esquivel with equal parts Ramones--well...you get the idea