Fantastic Playroom

Submitted by the panel on 16 February 2013 - 10:03pm

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Artist:

New Young Pony Club

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Year:

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Track-listing:

Get Lucky*Hiding on the Staircase*Ice Cream*The Bomb*Jerk Me*The Get Go*Talking, Talking*Grey*F.A.N.*Tight Fit

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Nominator:

Bean

meeting-ID:

m_20

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Spotify-URL:

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Grooveshark-URL:

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Short-title:

playroom

nominator-ID:

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Meeting-date:

Thursday, 14 May 2009

MusicBrainz-URL:

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Wikipedia-URL:

Fantastic_Playroom

Spotify-link-type:

album

Metacritic-URL:

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Discogs-URL:

New-Young-Pony-Club-Fantastic-Playroom/master/30480

Allmusic-URL:

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reviewed by

Glyn Lewis

Exxxotica Playroom

2-3-10

4-8

Yeah, not a bad trashy throw-away pop sound. Reminded me of the Ting Tings but people also mentioned the B-52's, which hadn't occurred to me, but which is probably a much better reference point - alas without the quite the same manic energy, great dancey invention and top drawer humour. There was some nice stuff though, a band not afraid to get a bit silly and try a few different things. The song Grey was the only time where it all really seemed to fall apart, trying a bit too hard to be wacky and just ending up a bit embarrassing. Otherwise an enjoyable listen.
68

reviewed by

Neil Hornsey

4-6-8

This album grew on me, but needed about five listens to get to that point. The cheeky childish playful pop (hardly nu-rave??) was easy to dismiss at first, but finally I found some of the tracks amusing and enjoyable. Musically it's actually quite clever with good female vocal harmonies, which I'm a bit of a sucker for. Not sure they really have much else to offer unless their style changes, but this is a decent offering suitable for playing on a spring day doing chores around the house.
57

reviewed by

Richard Norbury

Fun stuff.