(e)Music Discoveries and Downloads (February 2008)

Say Hi To Your Mom: Impeccable Blahs
How is it possible to make an album about “vampires” without turning it into a gloomy, gothic metal album? Say Hi to Your Mom — nowadays know as just Say Hi — just turned it all into a cutesy, happy, melody rich, electronic indie pop. The pink colored album is cheerful and uplifting, even in the more gloomy tracks, up to the point of, but never reaching the label of campy.
This album has some great tracks to run to, too.

Veruca Salt: IV
Amazingly enough, I’d never heard of this band so when I stumbled upon this namesake of a character in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I just had to check it out. Straight forward poppy rock with nice female vocals. Great to run to, too. Enough said.

Hooverphonic: The President of the LSD Gold Club
Whenever someone claims that “this album is the best of their work up to date”, I usually stop listening immediately. However, the latest album by Belgian triphoppers Hooverphonic is indeed the best of their work. The Presidents sounds less electro then Hooverphonic’s previous work and is heavily influenced by seventies psychedelic rock. It all sounds like a polished acid trip, making it a very aptly titled album.