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Pen Name? | 02/08/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A 30 minute masterpiece of beautiful, swirling, fractured rock songs. Psychedelic pop from a post-1990s indie rock perspective. I don't have a degree in working for Pitchfork or something, but this album is great. Still, wait for the U.S. release if you want cheaper (should be out in March-ish?) Also, the band is Welcome, not "wecome" and they had a couple other great cds before too: Sun as Night Light and the expensive sounds of welcome (otherwise known as six-song ep or something)"
Welcome, Sir!
Brandon Whitfeld | nyc | 04/28/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This record entitled "Sirs" by the loopy Seattle band called WELCOME is worth a listen. It is sublimely weird, short, clipped, frustrating, and frenzied. The record melts down an intriguing marriage of twin obsessions: the psychedelic tuneful hammerings of early-ish Beatles impregnated with noisy, 90's-era garage rock like Pavement, and is somewhat reminiscent of of last year's plucky euro-kitsch slamdown by Love is All. The result here, however, is something close to punky art rock, with blistering melodic hooks beseeching and then evaporating into foggy noise, misanthropic mumblings, and lots of unwinding, layered noise. It is unique copycat indie rock, an oxymoron, yes, but there's really nothing moronic about this CD; it's an unexpected gem, and THE ABSOLUTE kind of CD that they're ALWAYS playing when you walk into your local hipster haven CD store and you're like, "what is this, sir?" and they're like "Welcome" and you're like "no, sir, thank YOU, but what is this CD?" and they're like "Sirs by Welcome" and you're like "no, sir, stop mocking me, YOU'RE very welcome--what is this that's playing?" and they're like "Sirs...um?...Welcome"---well, you get the idear."