She Like Electric

Smoosh | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pattern 25 Records
• ASIN: B0002VEWVA
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,578 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Massive Cure

2. It’s Cold

3. It’s Not Your Day to Shine

4. Rad

5. Take it Away

6. La Pump

7. Pygmy Motorcycle

8. About the Picture

9. Bottlenose

10. Make it Through

11. I’ve Got My Own Problems

12. The Quack

13. To Walk Away From

14. But Now I Know

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Somewhat unfortunately, it’s impossible to access Smoosh’s arresting debut without taking into account the ages of the group’s two members at the time of its release: keyboardist/vocalist Asya is 12 and the drummer is her 10-year-old sister, Chloe. Try to get past the pre-teen status of the duo and listen to She Like Electric on its own terms and you’ll encounter a striking collection of 14 playful, adventurous, eclectic indie-pop originals. Recalling everything from Ben Folds to Quasi to a young Joni Mitchell, Asya exhibits talent that’s matched by considerable ambition as she glides through songs that draw on pop (the bouncy "It’s Not Your Day to Shine), punk ("La Pump"), hip-hop (the truly rad "RAD"), and, honestly, ‘70s No Wave (the shrill, screeching "Bottlenose"). Strikingly unselfconscious and inventive, and yet oddly mature, She Like Electric delights at every turn. --Steven Stolder

Product Description

Japanese pressing of the Seattle-bred indie rock act's 2004 album, scheduled to include one bonus track. Details TBA. P-Vine. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing talent, yet unrefined., October 26, 2004

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Kevin "3 sheets in the wind" (Pullman, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: She Like Electric (Audio CD)

As long as these girls don't get caught up in the Disney manufactured pop B.S. (Oh, they will be calling I'm sure) then they will have an incredible impact on great music, hopefully they stay with indie music. Fortunately, in one of the interviews with their parents, it sound like they are writing/playing for the right reasons. And one the girls said they didn't like "Britney Spears type music." Score one for the good guys.

As for the album, it's good music, with mentors like Jason McGerr(Death Cab For Cutie drummer, he taught Chloe how to drum) this duo is only going to get better, with great indie-bands to draw/learn from in Seattle. Can be childish at times(duh), but their musicianship is second to none, considering their age... but I wont patronize them on their age, they deserve better than that, for I would rather listen to Smoosh than 99% of popular rock bands today. Some songs do really stand out, like "It's Cold" "Pygmy Motorcycle" "La Pump" and "Make it through."

To hear some fresh, none-lamenting pure indie-pop, from two borderline prodigical preteens girls, get the album, you won't be disappointed.

What were you doing at age 10-12 years old?

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astounding., January 12, 2005

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waitingtoderail "waitingtoderail" (Roslindale, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: She Like Electric (Audio CD)

Mozart. Stevie Wonder. Michael Jackson.

As long as popular music has existed, there have been child prodigies. Smoosh is the latest in this long line. Smoosh, however, is unique in that they are the first child prodigies in the "indie rock" movement.

I was introduced to Smoosh by an NPR piece on them and I immediately bought this CD. Astounding. This is my new favorite band, I'm not kidding. You will get this CD because of the interesting story, you will leave it in your CD player because it's so damn good. You quickly forget you are listening to two children - you are listening to Bjork or PJ Harvey or Juliana Hatfield at twelve (I know, by the way, that Bjork actually did release an album when she was eleven, although I've never heard it).

Possibly the best thing about this album is that these kids are their own songwriters. So they're not singing some grown-ups version of what kids would sing about, they're not singing above their age level. These are amazingly-well constructed songs, written squarely from the point of view of a (and I hate this word but don't know how else to say it) prepubescent girl. What's amazing is how articulately Asya and Chloe express this point of view.

"Everybody are you feeling bad today?/'Cause maybe you should be a little happier/...see I'm helping you/If you're mad, if you're sad/to feel happy." from their "rap" song, "Rad." Then she sings about joining a soccer team!

This is pure fun and pure talent. One of the best albums of 2004. No kidding.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Listen to Smoosh now! Do as you are told!, September 27, 2004

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Digital (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: She Like Electric (Audio CD)

Don't let the age of these girls (10 and 12) fool you...Smoosh is a seriously good band bound to appeal to any fans of indie rock...the sound is reminiscent of Juliana Hatfield back in her days with the Blake Babies...the driving piano recalls another piano and drum based band, Suddenly Tammy...and the frequent changes in time signature and tempo show an aptitude for music far beyond their years and often not experimented with even by more mature and seasoned musicians. Some tracks (It's Cold, Pygmy Motorcycle, La Pump, Make it Through) shine more than others, but overall "She Like Electric" makes for a truly memorable, delightful and entertaining listen that you'll find yourself wanting to repeat over and over. So play the album out of curiosity, but keep listening because it's genuinely great!