Oh, Atoms: You Can't See The Stars From Here
Oh, Atoms: You Can't See The Stars From Here
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Wednesday, 04, Feb 2009 10:38
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In a nutshell...
Sweet, dreamy, soft, endearing, and feel good music for the most part.
What's it all about?
You Can't See the Stars From Here is filled with a sweet, childlike, and romantic message as well as a bittersweet theme spread out in 12 tracks. It takes you back to a time when life was simple and love was enough, but it also covers the hurtful times in love as conveyed in This Is Not Your Song. The album transitions to a dreamlike state at one point and then follows through with a more upbeat, hopeful tone as demonstrated in Transcontinental.
Who's it by?
Oh, Atoms consist of a duo with Gwen Cheeseman and Marc Withecomb as both vocalists and multi-instrumentalists collaborating to form lovable indie-folk pop. The duo met in Austin, United States. Their debut single, Sugar Mouse has been used in the Brit film, Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging. When asked to describe themselves, Oh, Atoms answered "a candlelit evening in a dusty attic with a Victorian spectre and a drunken bee."
As an example...
"And when the film goes wrong, I will see you at the end/You are looking quite distressed; I can tell you need a friend." - Nylon and Leather
Likelihood of a trip to the Grammys
Aside from the few catchy and prominent songs in the album like Sugar Mouse and Nylon and Leather, the overall piece would struggle to make a trip to the Grammys.
What the others say?
"Glorious folk pop with an undeniable commercial underbelly. Sugar Mouse is the sound of sunshine being let out of a jar on a rainy day. Wonderful stuff." - Music Week
"Oh, Atoms' debut album is a delicate but jolly little thing full of guitar jangles and confident vocal duets. Debut single Sugar Mouse is jauntily tender pop, This Is Not Your Song' is an alliance of strings and slide guitar beneath a fragile break-up dialogue... Like a, long-forgotten classic found at the back of a late 80s record collection, this album is a little gem." - Elton Townend Jones, Music-zine
So is it any good?
The album comes full circle; it has an intriguing and appealing start, then it starts to bore its listeners midway, but yet surprisingly progresses to charming before the end. The band's clever use of varied instruments illicits a magical and amazing feeling. In fact, one must repeatedly listen to their tracks to fully take in their interesting and unique music compositions.
7.5/10
Muriel Taing