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The Invisible
Cities: Watertown
The Invisible Cities debut album, Watertown, opens with an ethereal wave of tender feedback and bass, as Sadie sings of synaptic excitation in the brain, blooming like lurid city lights on a fading landscape. These songs dabble in perspectives ranging from the liberated nomad metabolizing a new city to the wistful romantic nostalgically recollecting through photographs and memories a mercurial world that lies just out of reach. The lyrics manage to communicate a certain lightness that can only come with the acceptance that lifes transitory quality is what ultimately contributes to its beauty and liveliness. The male vocals are both whimsical and upbeat with the sensibility of the Mendoza Line (circa I Like You When You Are Not Around) and very Elliot Smith-like vocal melodies. Sadie has a similar vocal tenor to that of Liz Phair, and in songs Double Fisted and Instaglo, she seems to conjure up the Breeders through vocal textures replete with slightly over-modulated vocals. Sadie picked up both Han and Tim from the musicians wanted ad on Craigs List San Francisco, and Han ended up inviting his brother Gary to play in the band. Gary became a semi-regular fixture, but only when vacationing from his regular life as an upright bass player in NYC. With the help of Matt Yelton (the Pixies, Frank Black), Jon Evans (Tori Amos) and a cast of others, their debut album was released on Noisy Frog records. What I found very pleasing about this listen was the albums ability to touch on the longing and separation associated with growing up without strapping cement boots onto the heart of the listener. This album might be suggested for a carefree rock-out session with your friends and can be blasted out of a car on a long drive with nothing to think about. Enjoy.
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