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Mother & the Addicts

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Comparable to fellow Glaswegian dance-rocker Franz Ferdinand, stylish art-poppers Mother & the Addicts carved themselves a nice little niche in the new wave revival scene by combining their eclectic tastes (Half Man Half Biscuit, Orange Juice, the Fall) with the sounds of mainstream '80s radio staples (Duran Duran, Frankie Goes to Hollywood) along with a wonky dose of indie irony for good measure. Sam Smith, aka Mother, moved to Glasgow from Brighton in 2003. Upon arrival, he began shopping a handful of demos that he recorded in different styles under v...[more]

 

 

Despite its glammed-up name and by-default futuristic title, the thing about Mother & the Addicts' second album is how comfortable it is with its style -- rough, slightly lo-fi indie rock with dance tendencies that could have been recorded just as easily in 1990 as 2007. -All Music Guide

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Take the Lovers Home Tonight is unselfconscious, senseless, silly, messy, stains-and-all indie party music. Each one of Mother & the Addicts' members must play with his or her eyes bugged out, and if any one of them ever drops out during a song, it's only long enough to wipe off some sweat. On the Glasgow band's first album, following a late-2004 single (included here), the band lets rip like a neo-post-punk/new wave Mudhoney, slashing and careening away, with the odd hummable melody occasionally lai   [ read more ]

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Despite its glammed-up name and by-default futuristic title, the thing about Mother & the Addicts' second album is how comfortable it is with its style -- rough, slightly lo-fi indie rock with dance tendencies that could have been recorded just as easily in 1990 as 2007. -All Music Guide

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Take the Lovers Home Tonight is unselfconscious, senseless, silly, messy, stains-and-all indie party music. Each one of Mother & the Addicts' members must play with his or her eyes bugged out, and if any one of them ever drops out during a song, it's only long enough to wipe off some sweat. On the Glasgow band's first album, following a late-2004 single (included here), the band lets rip like a neo-post-punk/new wave Mudhoney, slashing and careening away, with the odd hummable melody occasion   [ read more ]

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