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By: Jan Bunny
Date: 16th Aug 06
Release: Album
To Cure: A broken heart
What:
Animal Bells
Who:
The Crayon Fields
On:
Trifekta / Chapter
Myspace:
here
Indie pop groups doing Beach Boys harmonies are nothing new. In fact Brian Wilson influenced pop has become a sub-genre of sorts.
The Crayon Fields are Australia's finest exponents of this wall-of-harmony vocal style and where many bands lack songs in the quest for aura, every song on this disc is worthy of a sing-along. Geoff O'Connor has a timid voice, but never sounds weak nor buried beneath the Crayon's busy brand of twee psychedelia.
Lyrically the songs echo a thousand summers gone by. Nostalgic sadness coupled with an uplifting and joyous set of memories. Put this one away as the perfect soundtrack to the coming Melbourne summer.