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David & The Citizens Album: “Stop the Tape Stop the Tape”
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Stop the Tape Stop the Tape |
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Release Date:2008-11-11
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Type:Unknown
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Label:Bad Taste
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Explicit Lyrics:No
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UPC:7330169667022
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Review - :
As the American label {@Friendly Fire} reissues the previous Europe-only output of Swedish indie-popsters {$David & the Citizens}, the band signed with the {@Bad Taste} label to release their third full-length album, {^Stop the Tape Stop the Tape} The effect for American audiences is somewhat confusing, as several years' worth of albums are unloaded on the market at once, but {^Stop the Tape Stop the Tape} documents a subtle but important shift in {$David & the Citizens}' sound. Where earlier albums like {^Until the Sadness Is Gone} used the sprightly Swedish {\indie pop} sound of the '90s as their musical starting point, there's a dark, moody edge to {^Stop the Tape Stop the Tape}, both in the uniformly pessimistic lyrics and the slightly harder arrangements. Songs like the {$PJ Harvey}-like {\blues-rock} of {&"To Keep You Safe from Harm and Trouble"} feature a far more assertive rhythm section than before, and while {&"Are You in My Blood?"} has the same tightly wound forward momentum as many of {$David & the Citizens}' earlier songs, the heavily distorted fuzz guitars are a new twist. The combination of the new {\rock}-ist vibe with {$David Fridlund}'s pure {\pop} melodic sense is an uneasy one at times, but {^Stop the Tape Stop the Tape} is the first {$David & the Citizens}' album that doesn't immediately recall a number of other, better bands, and that's a big step in the right direction. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
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