They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons

Swirlies

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Taang Records
• ASIN: B000000EUF
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #141,844 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars why is it?, March 23, 2000

By	Doomsday (Vancouver) - See all my reviews

why is it whenever someone plays a guitar with a tremelo bar, people just automatically say "he sounds like Kevin Shields" or "they sound like My Bloody Valentine"? (Did people compare MBV to Link Wray? ) This album sounds nothing like Loveless, or Isn't Anything. To say that it does is just an insult to both bands. The music of the Swirlies and MBV runs much deeper than trivial material comparisons. The Swirlies had, and always will have a unique sound.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brain candy for the swirling-guitar set, December 8, 1998

By	P. Jason Kirk (Tennessee) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days..." lies somewhere between My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless" and the synthesized bliss of Stereolab - lush layers of guitar blend seamlessly with electronic keyboards to weave a soundscape most American bands haven't yet been capable of creating. The vocals are, much like MBV, sometimes nearly incomprehensible, but the sonic sweets are sure to make you forget about deciphering lyrics. Every song on this album is *perfect* - buy it now!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique, Internally Diverse, and it Rocks, September 11, 2004

By	Brian B. Carter (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These songs sound quite different from one another. 'San Cristobal' rocks as much as any metal, some verges on stereolab's french vocal harmonies (if recorded in a wind tunnel), and a few also echo Stereolab's early guitar chords. Sunn begins with some interesting guitar chord overlays reminiscent of Glenn Branca's guitar orchestras (which ye experimental guitarists may have tried in your own bands), but proceeds on into a coherent song with a different sound (not atypical for swirlies). There are shades of Sonic Youth in here as well... rich, complex, diverse.

And you've got to love the album title, whatever it means.

As I said in my review of Blonde-Adder Baton, this band should be famous and fabulously rich.