Although Los Angeles' Bodies of Water claim to have drawn much of their influence from American folk and gospel music, they actually sound much nearer to the California pop and psychedelic rock of the '60s and '70s. On Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink, their Secretly Canadian re-released debut, rich male/female harmonies, and flanged guitars with plenty of Morricone-echo layer over one another in sweeping circles that continue on for minutes on end, the whole thing a kind of {$the Mam   [ read more ]

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If Bodies of Water are going to suffer inevitable comparisons to groups like the Arcade Fire and, to an extent, Akron/Family and other similarly minded call-and-response singalong-grandly indie rock types, then that's the nature of the business and the context they're in -- the solution is to keep at it as best as they can. Which they do -- if A Certain Feeling is primed and set for certain listening expectations, they're still fulfilled enjoyably enough. The lead vocals of husband-and-wife team   [ read more ]

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