Little Name-How To Swim and Live-CD-FLAC-2007-401

     Artist......: Little Name
     Album.......: How To Swim And Live
     Source......: CD
     Label.......: Sleepy
     Genre.......: Indie
     Tracks......: 12
     Bitrate.....: 878 kbps avg
     Playtime....: 00:36:11  (239.MB)
     Rls date....: 2021-05-24
     Store date..: 2007-10-01
     Encoder.....: FLAC 1.3.1
     Url.........: http://www.littlename.bandcamp.com/
     01 For The Attention Of                                             2:43
     02 I Always See The Sun Rise                                        3:03
     03 How To Swim And Live                                             3:14
     04 Tracy And I                                                      3:40
     05 Orienteering                                                     3:25
     06 A Life Such As Mine                                              2:48
     07 Picked Out Of The Line                                           3:01
     08 Nobody Loves You                                                 3:31
     09 Dreaming Is A Private Thing                                      2:30
     10 This Was Your Place Of Birth                                     2:33
     11 Sam And Molly Are In Love                                        2:52
     12 You Tear My Love Apart                                           2:51
     There could be something in the water when it comes to unashamedly twee
     English singer/songwriters -- or maybe just the rising damp. However
     considered, Lee Barker's one-man band, aside from some extra vocals and a
     bit of guitar from others, practically embraces both its songwriting
     forebears and its national ones; not for nothing is the cover image one of
     a classic British holiday camp swimming pool, with all the weirdly
     artificial signifiers of fun one could imagine. From the brisk starter,
     "For the Attention Of," with jangly guitars, steady beats, liquid
     nightclub-in-Blackpool keyboards, and calm singing all in just the expected
     combination, How to Swim and Live is not out to challenge boundaries in the
     slightest, to its unavoidable detriment. No sound these days is truly
     outdated -- there always seems to be a revival somewhere that thrives
     without asking for or seeking permission -- but everything in the Little
     Name universe feels so cheerfully isolated in its Dentists/XTC/C-86
     hermetically sealed universe that there's little more to be said about it
     beyond noting those references. This all noted, How to Swim and Live is
     peppy, sweet, and enjoyable on all those terms; it's practically designed
     to make Anglophiles the world over imagine skipping down the street on a
     summer vacation to Berkshire. Lyrical references to the BBC, the Tower of
     London, and the like crop up (to be fair, so does Annie Hall), and if
     Little Name doesn't surprise overall, arguably How to Swim and Live was
     never meant to.

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22M	02-little_name-i_always_see_the_sun_rise.flac
23M	03-little_name-how_to_swim_and_live.flac
23M	04-little_name-tracy_and_i.flac
21M	05-little_name-orienteering.flac
17M	06-little_name-a_life_such_as_mine.flac
18M	07-little_name-picked_out_of_the_line.flac
24M	08-little_name-nobody_loves_you.flac
16M	09-little_name-dreaming_is_a_private_thing.flac
17M	10-little_name-this_was_your_place_of_birth.flac
17M	11-little_name-sam_and_molly_are_in_love.flac
20M	12-little_name-you_tear_my_love_apart.flac
232M	total