Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid

Elefant | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 8, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Kemado
• ASIN: B00008NRL3
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,417 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

If you like the Strokes, you should be spending this week’s CD allowance on Elefant’s first full-length recording. This New York- based band has the same angular, punchy guitar and bass, sticky melodies, ennui-filled boy vocals, and pointed lyrics as the Strokes. But with Elefant, you get a little Brit-pop flavor from vocalist Diego Garcia (originally from Argentina but sounding British). Catchy arrangements grab you right away with the opener, "Make Up," and by track three, "Misfit," you know the ebullient style of guitarist Mod is going to stick in your head long after the CD stops playing. "Bokkie" is tailor-made for radio but is completely fresh and irresistible, and in a similar vein, "Love" bristles with a pop energy that’s both understated and relentless. --Lorry Fleming

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fungus, August 31, 2004

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Keith Woods "Keith Woods" (Redford, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid (Audio CD)

This cd has grown on me like a fungus, but a good one like mushrooms or something. When I first found out about this band Elefant I was kind ticked off because my band's name is Elefant Grass so I didn't want to listen to it...that really doesn't help you though so anyway I finally did and thought it was ok, that was 2 months ago. Then I gave it another try a about a week ago and it hasn't left my cd player. Yeah there are hints of the Strokes and Interpol but these guys really do sound like their own band. There is an 80's britpop feel to some of it that I really like. It's catchy as as hell and the melodies of some of the songs are almost addicting and I can't stop listening to it. Anyway I'm certainly glad I didn't pass on this.

27 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Give Me A Break, February 25, 2004

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W. French "Well hello there, fellow Amazon sh... (Kenmore, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid (Audio CD)

"The Strokes". "Interpol". Okay, there, now I'm done with that part of my review. Elefant has released quite an enjoyable record in "Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid". Yes, there are the inevitable comparisons to their aforementioned contemporaries, and of course the ties to those vital 80's influences. The Strokes and Interpol are a couple of my favorite rock bands right now because they reference what I liked about a good portion of 80s rock, and somehow manage to distill it into something fresh. Same goes for Elefant. So all you indie rock purists out there, please stop whining and be thankful that this stuff is actually somewhat popular. Each of these bands has something unique to offer, so I'll just as soon dispense with the whole "Interpol did it first and best, the Strokes are boring/finished, and Elefant is just a poor copy of the others". Please. It's all good, and you know you like it or else you wouldn't have bought it. Besides, would you rather listen to Puddle of Mudd? Liked them the first time around when they were called Nirvana. How about a little Limp Bizkit? Yeah, I didn't think so. Music will move on, and I happen to like this particular direction. If you want something more experimental, don't look at bands like this because it's pop music, and it was designed to be played on the radio. Start your own band or get a copy of Cakewalk and record some weird music on your own PC. Upload it to the internet. Boom, you're a star.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well I like it!, May 24, 2004

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This review is from: Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid (Audio CD)

I cannot fathom where the Strokes comparisons come from. I like the Strokes, but this just doesn't sound the same. If we have to do the comparison thing (and apparently we must) I am reminded of the Psychedelic Furs myself. Regardless, the first 7 songs are great, then I tune out the last three. Yes, the lyrics aren't great poetry, but the songs stay with me all the same. And not in that annoying way either.