I Sold Gold

Product Description
This new LP takes the next leap after the well received "Pistols At Dawn" EP to bring 11 tracks of catchy beats and melodies crammed with blown out drum sounds, blip pop synths, and campfire pianos. The press continues with comparisons to The Flaming Lips, Frank Black, Grandaddy, and Menomena. Since the move from Tulsa, OK to Seattle 18 months ago, Aqueduct's sharp-witted bedroom pop has earned them praise and opening invitations from Issac Brock of Modest Mouse and Death Cab/Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard.

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I Sold Gold

Average customer rating: it's a fun cd Adequate Aqueduct awesome band! Great in moderation... Excellent "under the radar" album

I Sold Gold Aqueduct Manufacturer: Barsuk ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Set Yourself on Fire Plans We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank You in Reverse Skeleton Jar ASIN: B000784WTK Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

1. Suggestion Box, The
2. Hardcore Days And Softcore Nights
3. Growing Up With GNR
4. Heart Design
5. Five Star Day
6. Tension
7. Unspeakable, The
8. Frantic - (Roman Polanski Version)
9. Laundry Baskets
10. Gameover: Thanks For Playing
11. Tulsa Trap, The

Album Description

This new LP takes the next leap after the well received "Pistols At Dawn" EP to bring 11 tracks of catchy beats and melodies crammed with blown out drum sounds, blip pop synths, and campfire pianos. The press continues with comparisons to The Flaming Lips, Frank Black, Grandaddy, and Menomena. Since the move from Tulsa, OK to Seattle 18 months ago, Aqueduct's sharp-witted bedroom pop has earned them praise and opening invitations from Issac Brock of Modest Mouse and Death Cab/Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard.

Customer Reviews:

it's a fun cd.......2006-07-19

I normally don't listen to this type of weird electronic/piano/etc music, but I like Aqueduct when I need a change.

I heard The Suggestion Box on the radio, and loved the song. The other songs took some getting used to, but they're all good.

The best songs are The Suggestion Box and Hardcore Days and Softcore Nights.

Other standout tracks are: Growing Up With GNR, Heart Design, Tension, and Frantic.

Adequate Aqueduct.......2006-03-22

The ferocious retro artwork harks back to the 1980s, but the dreamy pop contained on this latest release from Aqueduct isn't another addition to the current angular new wave sound. While there is an odd 1980s throwback here and there on I Sold Gold, sole Aqueduct member David Terry generally creates a likeable off-kilter sound akin to the quirky music of New Zealand's Goodshirt. Hardcore Days And Softcore Nights has a generally dark undertone and a cool sequence of drum thrashing, while the lyrical configurations of the album take a turn for the better on Growing Up With GNR when Terry sings of lost love at the fragile age of 12 and `Axl Rose on the radio singing Sweet Child O' Mine'. Elsewhere Aqueduct takes on board influences of everyone from Ben Folds to The Flaming Lips, with Heart Design and Five Star Day both being piano driven and further mulling over old flames. Frantic (Roman Polanski Version) ditches the ivories in favour of detuned guitars and synthesisers, while Laundry Baskets contains a hint of Dinosaur Jr or Eels in lines such as `I've been livin' out of laundry baskets far too long' and `Every time I reach a new low the bottom drops out'. There's some good ideas on I Sold Gold, but generally they've either already been picked over by more accomplished acts or they simply need longer to gestate. For now though, this Aqueduct is adequate.

awesome band!.......2005-11-08

this band kicks ass. i've seen them live twice, and i've been impressed each time. they close each show with a rendition of "Damn it feels good to be a Gangsta." I like heart design, it has a sweet keyboard riff in the middle. This cd is really sweet, and i hope they get out of Seattle and make it big.

Great in moderation..........2005-08-31

I was very excited to get my hands on Aqueduct's 'I Sold Gold' because the songs I had heard I absolutely loved. The first spin of the CD had me very pleased, but after successive plays I found myself quite irratable and skipping over many of the songs.

While I think 'Hardcore Days, Softcore Nights', 'Heart Design' & 'Growing Up With GNR' are fantastic songs, and are my clear favourites on the album, putting them together on an album with other only mediocre tracks makes for a tiresome listen.

As stand alone tracks, the songs all have something, but listening to the entire album in one sitting makes the songs sound repetitive and the lead singer's voice whiny and grating.

I do suggest purchasing the album, but in doing so I also recommend sporadic listens on maybe a mixed playlist in order to fully appreciate the separate, isolated songs, because as an album, it makes for a tedious listen, and that's a shame.

Excellent "under the radar" album.......2005-03-05

I found out about Aqueduct from the excellent folks at the internet-only station woxy.com ("the future of rock'n'roll"). I loved what I heard and purchased the album. As the liner notes make clear "David Perry is Aqueduct... Aqueduct is David Perry". Aqueduct is pretty much a one-man synth-based band (Perry), assisted on some tracks with drums and guitars. If you're not familiar with Aqueduct, imagine a mix of Flaming Lips with Grandaddy, with a splash of Beck and the Faint, although that description does not do justice to the unique sound of Aqueduct.

"I Sold Gold" (11 tracks, 37 min.) starts off with a blasting "The Suggestion Box". The album mixes up harder charging tracks (the pulsing "Growing Up with GNR"--with multiple references to Axl) with more delicate songs, such as the excellent "Heart Design", the highlight of the album in my book. "Laundry Baskets" is another standout. The instrumental "GameOver" is the weakest track, but it is followed by the excellent closer "The Tulsa Trap", a look back to Terry's origins in Oklahoma.

This album will not sell a bezillion, or even million copies. What a shame. This is an excellent album. Aqueduct is coming to Cincinnati soon, and I can't wait to see how the songs from "I Sold Gold" will translate in a live setting.

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