New Promise Ring full-length. This new record on the Anti-label is very different from all their previous works, as it's more experimental and uses more instruments and different song structures. Even the vocals are totally different. This time, it's more smooth singing rather than the folk-ish tellings of before. Musically, it's still all about catchy melodies. "Forget every double-hyphenated-muso-modifier you've ever heard. It's time to put that stuff on the side and get back to what that counts   [ read more ]

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Debut full-length by this Milwaukee, WI band that writes the songs that make the whole world sing. Recorded at Idful Studios with Casey Rice (LIZ PHAIR, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, TORTOISE) behind the board.

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Unfortunately, you will never see the Promise Ring the way they were in the days of Thirty Degrees Everywhere, but you can at least appreciate the good parts of what they have become. Their emotionally tense and sentimental edge has pretty much entirely disappeared; everything is happy, bouncy, and catchy as hell, which isn't always a bad thing. This excessively poppy direction that the Promise Ring boys take throughout this entire record was heavily hinted at on their three-song EP Boys & Girls   [ read more ]

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The sophomore disc from these young ones finds the band moving further into the poppiness that they only hinted at on Thirty Degrees Everywhere. Some things remain the same -- beautifully odd lyrics, extremely catchy and powerful music, and the overall feeling of sentimentality and imagination that the Promise Ring's music always seems to exude. With the momentum and energy of this band, we could see them heading for the indie-rock history books. ~ Blake Butler, All Music Guide

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Right down to its neon cover, the Promise Ring's Electric Pink EP looks and sounds like pure sugary-sweet candy. Musically, it continues in the tradition of 1999's glorious indie pop epic Very Emergency and proves that there's no harm in too much of a good thing. From Davey VonBohlen's lisped intro to the opening title track, it is clear that the band is in great spirits and the overwrought sentiments that gave the group their start couldn't be further removed. "Strictly Television" is an    [ read more ]

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This is all of the THE PROMISE RING's 7" efforts including their out-of-print first 7" "WatertownPlank" b/w "Mineral Point" (Foresight Records) -- all on one compact disc. Complete with two previously unreleased songs.

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