2009, self-released
Videotape is a trio formed from the ashes of the largely instrumental band As Poets Affirm. They play good, fuzzy noise pop.
"On 'Smiling Heads' a Sonic Youth post-chorus solo and unstoppable two-chord verse that recent converts to No Age and Wye Oak camps will read like personals ads; on 'Underwater' the staccato piano strikes mined by Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, and so much etcetera but with a commitment to never break into the full throated bombast to which those acts too frequently concede; I could go on, referencing Television, Talking Heads, psyche-rock staples and Flaming Lips, and that giant, obvious Velvet Underground exclamation point of a dirty neon sign. But it suffices to say that Videotape are an exciting, fresh young band because they choose to play music in the style of bands once considered exciting and fresh." - Coke Machine Glow
"On 'Smiling Heads' a Sonic Youth post-chorus solo and unstoppable two-chord verse that recent converts to No Age and Wye Oak camps will read like personals ads; on 'Underwater' the staccato piano strikes mined by Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, and so much etcetera but with a commitment to never break into the full throated bombast to which those acts too frequently concede; I could go on, referencing Television, Talking Heads, psyche-rock staples and Flaming Lips, and that giant, obvious Velvet Underground exclamation point of a dirty neon sign. But it suffices to say that Videotape are an exciting, fresh young band because they choose to play music in the style of bands once considered exciting and fresh." - Coke Machine Glow
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