Homesick and Happy to Be Here
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| Homesick and Happy to Be Here | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 2002 |
| Recorded | 2001 |
| Genre | Twee pop |
| Length | 44:43 |
| Label | Better Looking[1] |
| Producer | Aberdeen with David Newton |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.0/10[3] |
Homesick and Happy to Be Here is an album by the Los Angeles pop band Aberdeen, released in 2002.[4][5]
Critical reception
[edit]CMJ New Music Report deemed Homesick and Happy to Be Here "a gentle collection of guitar pop with elegant vocals."[1] The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the album is a charming combination of strummy bedroom pop, fuzzy and smoldering guitars, and girl-boy vocals highlighted by [Beth] Arzy's plaintive entreaties."[6]
AllMusic called the album "a roomy, positively beaming sort of record of diamond-sharp mid-tempo indie pop, a uniquely delayed first attempt that runs somewhere between Jeepster earnestness and the flagrant sparkle of the Trash Can Sinatras' Cake."[2]
Track listing
[edit]- 'Handsome Drink' (3:16)
- 'Sink or Float' (3:27)
- 'Clouds Like These' (3:51)
- 'Sunny in California' (3:50)
- 'Thousand Steps' (5:22)
- 'Homesick' (5:21)
- 'Cities & Buses' (4:33)
- 'Drive' (4:15)
- 'In My Sleep' (4:50)
- 'That Cave... That Moon' (5:52)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Santangelo, Antonia (Jun 24, 2002). "The Week's Best New Music". CMJ New Music Report. 72 (1): 5.
- ^ a b "Homesick and Happy to Be Here - Aberdeen | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Aberdeen: Homesick and Happy to Be Here". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Aberdeen Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Vergara, Andre (November 24, 2002). "Alternative sounds for the holidays". The Press-Enterprise. p. F8.
- ^ Bronson, Kevin (16 June 2002). "They Made Their Peace--and an Album Too". Los Angeles Times. p. F63.
External links
[edit]- Page at Better Looking Records Archived 2004-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (including sample MP3s)
