The knock-your-socks-off debut by a new combo from Charlottesville, VA. A wonderfully hooky rock record. Lazy rock crit formula says Hunky Dory-era Bowie and/or Electric Warrior T. Rex showered with some Moby Grape-ish psych-rock and infused with slices of Slanted-era Pavement and Perfect-era Built To Spill. We say this arrived as a mysterious unsolicited demo and we didn't listen to anything else for a month. A small label signing war ensued and we came out with our huevos intact, a basket of roses and a ...   [ read more ]

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Main Bottom-dweller Eli Simon shows himself to be a man in command of his gifts, a talent whose lyrics glow with a bitter romanticism, simultaneously hopeful and regretful, and whose songs explode with inspiration. From the giant guitar washes of the opening title track to the gently hooky wistful "Riot Act" to the pebbles-to-mountains of "One of Us," you can watch Bottom of the Hudson float to the top.

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Led by Eli Simon, this four-piece band based in Philadelphia have come up with an engaging album that chimes and shimmers across its 13 songs. With a sound rooted in the 1980's (think of Cherry Red records) and featuring much tremulous clarion calls on the guitar front there are also echoes of the Beatles and Velvet Underground. Light and airy, songs flow from one to the other with some excellent arrangements, muted and understated wind instruments and percussion adding an odd Anglified air to the proceedi...   [ read more ]

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