Afternoon Naps
band name: Afternoon Naps
album title: Parade
tracklist:- Plum City Fight Song
- Beach Bums
- The Day We Started
- Mitten Fingers
- Seasons May Change
- The Fall Companion
- Catholic School
- Discoverse
- Bubblegum 45
- Digitally Altered Sunset
I really like this album, it's one of my favorites. The best way to describe their sound is a mix of My Favorite and The Smiths, with a good dose of 60s Pop sensibilty.
Plum City Fight Song - A nice bright sounding gutiar, "string" sound from organ, and light touches of a xylophone are the backdrop for a sincerely sung lyrics. The opening track is a bit low key, but that quickly changes with the next song.
Beach Bums - Starts off like Mystery Achievement then it settles into more of a 60s Pop song, it has a Motown beat to it.
The Day We Started - Has a Housemartin meets Betty And The Werewolves feel.
Mitten Fingers - The in and out swell of the synthesize reminds me of the in-between part of songs on "
A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness" album. The chorus definitely very similar to My Favorite.
Seasons May Change - has the feel of Love Is All Around by The Troggs
The Fall Companion has those clear clean Peter Buck arpeggios.
Catholic School Starts right off with a Carl Wilson 12 String riff, then it settles into a Johnny and the Hurricanes solo, especially the organ solo. The "I hate school" lines is a bit cheesy, but humorous.
Discoverse - The title is Disco + verse, and the song does have a Disco sound, but it's blend with Electroclash.
Bubblegum 45 The song has a Sunshine Pop sound overall, especially the "bah bah bah" intro, and the flute solo. But the rhythm guitar tends be more like The Smiths and the drum is doing a break beat with a shuffle feel.
Digitally Altered Sunset a mellow ending to a pretty much up-beat album.