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Dublin's least relevant independent music label, yesboyicecream records, presents:
Bliss! - the debut album by Washington DC's The Positions.
Preview tracks on:
www.yesboyicecream.com/ybimusic.html
www.myspace.com/yesboyicecreamrecords
www.last.fm/label/yesboyicecream
Available NOW from www.yesboyicecream.com/ybishop.html and in all good virtual and physical shops from September 11th.
RELEASE:
For anyone who considers 'pop' a dirty word, cover your ears. ‘Bliss!’ is 40 minutes of the stuff at its glorious best, the perfect accompaniment to all your late summer into autumn activities. Recorded by Archie Moore (Velocity Girl, Heartworms), Bliss! is for anyone and everyone who thinks perfect pop should make you want to laugh, cry and move those shuffling feet (simultaneously, if possible).
The energy and immediacy of The Positions' sound has been moulded by pop philosopher Ivan Ramiscal (formerly of US synthpop darlings Barcelona) to reflect his love for classic 60s and 80s pop. The beauty is that he has managed to distil influences covering 40 years of pop into a wholly original and contemporary record. Aside from the Belle and Sebastian and Dexy’s comparisons, ‘Back to Me’ is as close as you’ll get to 21st Century Phil Spector, ‘Good Times’ gives a nod to the Big O’s ‘You Got It’, while ‘I Need You’ references The Smiths (lyrically) and Spritualized (musically).
The Positions are a five-piece from Washington DC. Their music can currently be heard polluting the airwaves of 6Music & XFM in the UK and Today FM & 2FM in Ireland.
Questions, comments to: questionsandcomments@yesboyicecream.com
Forthcoming YBI Releases:
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names - Rent A Wreck (YBI03CDEP)
Saint Thomas - There's Only One Of Me (YBI04CD)
Some Reviews of Bliss!
One Chord to Another
Bliss! rises somewhere from the three-minute wonders of 60's pop á la
Spector and...sets its heart on bringing glorious pop melodies for your
pleasure. It's a perfect pop album.
Tangents
With perky horn blasts and a sugar Pop rush that comes on like Belle And Sebastian on a restricted diet of sherbert and jelly babies, Bliss! is guaranteed to have even the coyest of indiekids shaking their hips on the dancefloor.
Hitch Magazine
If this world weren’t so damned jaded, The Positions would be on top of it.
On the aptly titled Bliss!, their easy-breezy brand of up-tempo pop is laden
with trombones, trumpets and an all-around dose of good-natured
optimism...Even if it’s a dull gray outside, it’s guaranteed to make the sun
shine in your heart.
splendid zine
Perhaps there's not a lot of room in the cynical indie-rock world for songs
that spew awkward hopefulness and optimism by the gallon, but if there is,
The Positions will be there -- corsages mounted, party hats strapped to
their heads, asking for the next dance.
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