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We'll Miss You, Luna
Most Underrated Luna CD
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It unfolds and then unfolds again...
A Pleasant Surprise

Pup Tent
Luna
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002HPP
Release Date: 1997-07-29

Tracks:

Ihop
Beautiful View
Pup Tent
Bobby Peru
Beggar's Bliss
Tracy I Love You
Whispers
City Kitty
The Creeps
Fuzzy Wuzzy

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After splitting with the influential indie-rock trio Galaxie 500, native New Zealander-turned-resident New Yorker Dean Wareham devoted himself to honing the gentle, melodic, Velvet Underground-circa-"Candy Says" sound of his old band in the increasingly sterile and perfectionist twin-guitar outings of his new group, Luna. Guitar buffs may have been impressed by the occasional E-bowed solo, the spooky layers of feedback, or the cool chorused tones offered up by Wareham and Sean Eden. But 1992's Lunapark, '94's Bewitched, and '95's Penthouse didn't have much beyond that to keep you coming back, and it seemed as if the band's career peaked when snippets from the last album were used in a TV commercial for Calvin Klein's CK-1. It's surprising, then, that Pup Tent boasts the most memorable tunes that Wareham has written since Galaxie 500's This Is Our Music back in 1990. Lyrics have always been an afterthought for Wareham, who sings a bit like Neil Young with an adenoid problem, and tunes such as the title track and the opening "IHOP" are no exception. Among my favorite lyrical toss-offs: "Is there a doctor in the house / In the House of Pancakes?" and "You stand accused of smoking English cigarettes / That's a provocation if ever one was." Thankfully, these lines are paired with indelible guitar hooks and inventive six-string soundscapes. Propelled by new drummer Lee Wall (who replaces the rather rigid former Feelie, Stanley Demeski), Luna sounds looser, grittier, and more stoked-up than it ever has. --Jim Derogatis

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We'll Miss You, Luna.......2006-01-10

For some crazy ass reason, many Luna fans think Pup Tent sub-par, but it is actually a melodic and introspective album that deserves the highest praise. Beautiful View, Beggar's Bliss, Pup Tent, and Ihop are among the highlights of a CD that you will not regret buying!

Most Underrated Luna CD.......2005-12-22

This is one of the great Luna albums that just seems to always slip under the radar. The album flows well and always seems to get a lot of playtime at my house. If you are new to Luna, you can't go wrong with Puptent.

half moon.......2000-10-13

Luna stumbled on this one. The first three albums were wonderful. As a Galaxie 500 fan from way back I was relieved that Wareham continued to record decent music (I've never listened to music made by the other two thirds of G500). But on Pup Tent Mr. Wareham seemed to have temporarily run out of ideas, both musical and lyrical. This isn't a bad album; it's just not up to Luna's standards. I miss Stanley Demeski's driving beats (which propelled the Feelies so compellingly) and found the production on this CD to be rather flat. A CD for completists only.

It unfolds and then unfolds again..........2000-03-14

I read in a magazine review (Mojo I think) that this album had an 'all embarcing darkness' and I'm not sure that's right, what it has got is atmosphere and enough musical complexity to make it relistenable. There's more opauqeness than darkness to this album, more a slighly cynicle observation rather than some kind of nhillistic judgement. The songs are all creatively different enough to keep things interesting whilst there's still a synthesis of theme to the music that makes the album better than the sum of its parts...brilliant stuff

A Pleasant Surprise.......1999-02-17

I wasn't familiar with Luna prior to buying Pupo Tent and I guess I'm still not, so I'm not qualified to talk about their transformation or growth. What I cvan comment on is that this is an excellent disc and every time I listen to it, a different song stands out. Bobby Peru is my personal favorite, but the disc is solid from top to bottom. I originally bought it because of the compaisons to VU, and more recently Yo La Tengo, but it has grown into its own genre. I'd recommend it for anyone who knows that alternative music goes beyond Matchbox 20 and their contemporaries.

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