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Artist: EX-RENTAL (@)
Title: Unpopular Pop
Format: CD
Rated: *****
Do you remember Ex-Rental? I interviewed them back in 2001 or so and since then they released only few tracks on compilations or Sean did several remixes for The Human League, Bis and Blow-Up as well helping out RIchard X compiling The Future (that was the early name of the Human League) retrospective compilation. After so many years Sean finally decided to release the album which gathers songs wrote and recorded during the 1994/2007 period. The album as well the remixes E.P. are free downloadable from the band's website so all of you have the opportunity to check out twelve songs which are pop to the bone. Despite the low-fi attitude (thanks to the tracks composed on an old Atari computer) tracks like "Too much attention" or "D I S C O boy" show really well the glamorous side of the project thanks to dancey rhythms and choirs with easy listening tunes. Their electro pop side is well represented by oldest tracks like "Feeling Ex-Rental" or "Sophie's audition". You can also enjoy covers of Kinks' "All the day and all the night" (with a punky bleepy sound treatement) and Human League's "The black hit of space". Instead "Your dad doesn't like me" is a semi electro punk tune fast and immediate. The four remixes reprocess "And sometimes" (by Bis), "Sophie's audition" (by Soundhog), "Too much attention" (thanks to Blow-Up) and "Nightclub people" (an alternate take of it). You should definitely check out this release, it doesn't matter if it is free. This helps but this isn't the main point, it would be worth it anyway. Let's pop...


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