Jetenderpaul's third
full-length finds these post-graduate indie popsters embracing pop melodies
in the midst of their bedroom recording experimentation. Each of the 13
tracks on The Modal Lines are in the 3 minute realm, giving the tracks
a greater sense of cohesion and melodic development than their previous
efforts. There is still experimentation with complicating pop formulas
being mixed and changed, but still plenty of sugary hooks. Comparisons
to The Flaming Lips or Ween, but also Elephant Six related bands such
as Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, or Of Montreal, with a lesser amount
of that overall sense of psychedelia. The cd is also an interactive cd-rom
featuring a video for the track "Our Future's Passed." |