Mar
19
2007
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Scribble Mural Comic Journal
Posted by luna6 1 Comment
Artist : A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Album : Scribble Mural Comic Journal
Release Date : February 13, 2007
Website : http://www.asunnydayinglasgow.com/
Label : NTNF Records
Free Downloads : The Best Summer Ever, Watery
Rating : 6.5
Users Rating: 8.17 
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Feels like a sunny day in New Orleans, when I listen to A Sunny Day In Glasgow. Although I have stated in past reviews that I find the whole shoegaze revival as exciting as a can of flat Coke. Yet, when done right – like using shoegaze as just one color among many other colors in a musical palette – then that form of music can still be an exhilarating experience. The Asobi Seksu album Citrus from last year would certainly be an example of this. Basically, the less “pure” derivative bands I find to be the most exciting. A Sunny Day In Glasgow’s first full length album “Scribble Mural Comic Journal” provides moments of this type of musical bliss, primarily by incorporating the ambient electronica into their music.
The first two tracks didn’t really show their shoegaze cards much at all, the songs were more straight up ambient type of electronica with airy vocals in the style of MBV or Lush. Opening track, “Wake Up Pretty” is done just right, a perfect little opening song. The song is two minutes in length and alluring enough that you want to hear what this band is all about. The answer is told in “No. 6 Von Karmin Street” where the electronics are still there, but with a far more uptempo beat, probably the most uptempo song on the album. The next track “A Mundane Phonecall to Jack Parsons” is where the shoegaze influences come out. The song would fit very well on a mix cd with Asobi Seksu. The following track “Our change Into Rain is No Change At All” is where the album broke down a little bit, similar to some of the songs on the second half of the record that are more experimental in nature. The continual reverb layered vocals started to wear thin about now, as well as an impatience with the song not going anywhere except in an acid trip like infused loop of discordant passages. The rest of the album had songs similar to these three styles. My favorite track being “No. 6 Von Karmin Street” and “5:15 Train.”
Scribble Mural Comic Journal, as the title implies, has the feel of a sketchbook. At times sounding scintillating (No. 6 Von Karman Street) to random, experimental stuff that I found not nearly as appealing “Our Change Into Rain is No Change At All.” When the band incorporated electronics into their music I found them to be at their best (hint “No. 6 Von Karmin Street” and “5:15 Train.”) I do hope we get to hear more of this on their next album. “Scribble Mural Comic Journal” by A Sunny Day In Glasgow should appeal to the folks into Asobi Seksu, Lush, and MBV.
Track List :
01. Wake Up Pretty
02. No. 6 Von Karman Street
03. A Mundane Phonecall to Jack Parsons
04. Our Change into Rain is No Change at All (Talkin’ ’bout Us)
05. Ghost in the Graveyard
06. 5:15 Train
07. Lists, Plans
08. C’mon
09. The Horn Song
10. Panic Attacks are what Make Me “Me”
11. Watery (Drowning is just Another Word for Being Burried Alive Under Water)
12. Things Only I Can See
13. The Best Summer Ever“>The Best Summer Ever
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very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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