Year: 2005
Time: 46:04
Size: 105,8 MB
Label: Second Story Records
Styles: Rock/Psychedelic
Art: Front
Tracks Listing:
1. Disconnect - 3:37
2. Battery - 2:52
3. Revolving Door - 3:57
4. Rules of the Game - 4:56
5. Making Connections - 4:30
6. So High - 3:28
7. The Behemoth - 4:56
8. The Inbetweens - 5:18
9. Nothing - 4:55
10. Goodbye Hello - 3:20
11. A Flight of Stairs - 4:10
Psych-popsters UHF alternately incorporate '90s influences such as Blur and early Radiohead alongside touchstones like John Lennon and The Move. Singer/guitarist Jeremy Leff doesn't stray far from his inspirations. UHF's fourth release opens with catchy "Disconnect," a sweet-and-sour morsel that evokes Sloan and Spoon. During melancholy "Revolving Door" and "Nothing" Leff sounds like a slightly chipper Thom Yorke, and on "Rules of the Game" he paraphrases The Beatles with his deadpan invocation, "The love you take, is equal to the love you fake."
British '80s psychedelic pop is also cited in undiluted "The Behemoth" and "Goodbye Hello," where Leff echoes Lennon's reverb vocals while the band lays down a distinct Lennon-ish affectation. Beneath UHF's attractive pop and rocking psychedelia are narratives which show a dark, moody undertone, focusing on modern life themes which include meaningless jobs, a dehumanized, contemporary Internet culture and media alienation. Fortunately, UHF's dour messages are embedded inside hooky harmonies and charismatic power chords.
All Our Golden Tomorrows
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