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Only Cool: A Brief Introduction To Cotton Mather and Future Clouds & Radar

Artist Song
Cotton Mather  My Before & After 
Cotton Mather  Camp Hill Rail Operator 
Cotton Mather  Homefront Cameo 
Cotton Mather  Church of Wilson 
Cotton Mather  Password 
Cotton Mather  She's Only Cool 
Cotton Mather  Lost My Motto 
Cotton Mather  El Matador 
Cotton Mather  Missing The Boat 
Cotton Mather  Altar Boy (Jimbo's Theme) 
Cotton Mather  AMPs of Sugarland 
Cotton Mather  Baby Freeze Queen 
Cotton Mather  40 Watt Solution 
Cotton Mather  Glory Eyes 
Cotton Mather  Panama Slides 
Cotton Mather  Story of Anaa 
Future Clouds & Radar  Let Me Get Your Coat 
Future Clouds & Radar  Hurricane Judy 
Future Clouds & Radar  Drugstore Bust 
Future Clouds & Radar  You Will Be Loved 
Future Clouds & Radar  Holy Janet Comes On Waves 
Future Clouds & Radar  Our Time 
Future Clouds & Radar  Get Your Boots On 
Future Clouds & Radar  Build Havana 
Future Clouds & Radar  Dr. No 
Future Clouds & Radar  Back Seat Silver Jet Sighter 

Comment:

A quickly-cobbled-together ode to one of the unsung power pop bands of the past decade. Got turned on to 'em after picking up the eponymous debut of Future Clouds & Radar, my favorite release of 2007 -- a sprawling, 2-cd set of home-brewed experimental chamber pop & power pop. Yes, as is often the case, it's overlong and deeply flawed, but loads of juicy pop nuggets. As one critic (i.e. me) has put it, just imagine Robert Schneider of Apples in Stereo and Robert Pollard of GbV trying to recreate the White Album from scratch, and you sort of have it.

Frontman Robert Harrison (yeah, all Roberts, how about that) previously spent several years fronting Cotton Mather, a more traditional power pop band with all the usual benchmarks -- shades of the Beatles and Squeeze, crunchy chords alternating with melodic ballads, soaring harmonies, bolstered by Harrison's disturbingly Lennon-esque vocals. Their catalog is completely out of print here in the States, and many, many thanks to Cliff for supplying the albums for me.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 7/4/2007
In homage to your last comment, bands like these fellas are where you lose *me.* ;-) They're a little on the sterile side for these ears, although they're certainly talented. To each his own, however, and I'm sure you've picked their best stuff.
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French Connection
Date: 7/4/2007
Huh Rob? Superb eats here & #'s 2,11 & 13 are my amongst my all time faves. Next trade add this to the pile for me please.
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French Connection
Date: 7/9/2007
Looks like we'll have to keep the delights of Cotton Mather between us eh mon ami, the rest just don't know what they're missing!