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Paper Dolls

Brunettes

Paper Dolls

Lil' Chief
CD $12.00

02/02/2010 600197888827 

LCR 025 

MP3 $9.90

02/02/2010  

 

The Brunettes have a meticulous craft in the studio. Writing pop songs, that most fickle of forms, requires a precision that comes naturally to the band, and their records ring perfection in every note. 
Their sense of fun firmly intact, The Brunettes inject their new batch of songs with a sense of modernity on Paper Dolls. Opener "In Colours" and closer "Thank You" are the entrance and exit into this world, as both sit comfortably with previous efforts; in between, however, principal songwriter Jonathan Bree augments his pop leanings with drum machines and an intimidatingly wide array of synths to fantastic effect. 
Lyrically, the album combines clever call-and-response levity, an undercurrent of smoldering romance, and a penchant for idiosyncratic storytelling. All are on display on lead single "Red Rollerskates," which finds Bree and co-lead vocalist / instrumentalist Heather Mansfield solving a relatively ordinary problem (Bree walks too fast for his asthmatic girlfriend) with an unusual solution (buying her a pair of red rollerskates and pulling her around with a rope). On "The Crime Machine," Mansfield longs to live as a 1920s kingpin, while "Bedroom Disco" lives up to its title as a stay-at-home party song. The album's title track combines surreal lyrics about a stationery fetish with Bond-movie string arrangements and guitar tremolo. 
A concise 35 minutes, Paper Dolls reaffirms the glory of a simple melody. "Thank you for the time," Mansfield sings to close out the record. So polite, those New Zealanders.

Tracklist

  1. #1 In Colours

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  3. #2 Red Rollerskates

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  5. #3 The Crime Machine

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  7. #4 Bedroom Disco

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  9. #5 Paper Dolls

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  11. #6 Connection

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  13. #7 Its Only Natural

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  15. #8 Magic No Bunny

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  17. #9 If I

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  19. #10 Thank You

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