{"id":1038,"date":"2010-11-04T01:25:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T06:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2010-11-04T01:25:51","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T06:25:51","slug":"television-spaceman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/?p=1038","title":{"rendered":"Television Spaceman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Rocket Trash<\/em> CD
\nRock n Roll Monkey, 2010<\/p>\n

Here’s an interesting variant of the bedroom synth-punk explosion that’s a vivid pastiche of genres bent into a wide variety of sonic textures and catchy hooks. While Blank Dogs<\/strong>‘ music evokes a chilly ’80s vibe and Gary War<\/strong>‘s lush psych pop has elements of ’70s AM gold harmony, TV Spaceman pulls from ’50s sci-fi trash to ’60s pop guitar harmonies to ’80s canned beats to ’90 indie jangle and beyond. Without burying the melodic songs in layers of effects, TV Spaceman has crafted a solid debut that’s full of songwriting flourishes that reveal themselves with an attentive listen. While the recording at times feels a little sparse, songs like “Love Is Chemical” roll like a charming\u00a0Of Montreal<\/strong> gem and the title track “Rocket Trash” plays to this sparseness with a staccato new wave riff that’s so snappy that you can’t help but convulse in a micro pogo dance. Like\u00a0Cold Crank<\/strong> and Rock ‘n’ Roll Monkey & The Robots<\/strong>, the latest project from Craig Campbell<\/strong> promises to join the annals of quality cult budget rock.<\/p>\n

LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Television Spaceman on MySpace<\/a><\/p>\n

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