I Heard Myself In You [Import]

Product Description
Debut album for UK indie act signed to the Poptones label. Imagine the otherworldly atmosphere of Fred Neil and Nick Drake rebroadcast from a very different starting point. For fans of the aforementioned artists, Red House Painters and Neil Young. 10 tracks total. Gatefold digipack. 2000 release.

Tracks:

All Time
Through Your Skies
Contact Light
I Heard Myself In You (Part 2)
Invisible Lines
Sequence Start
Eyes All Mine
Projections
Falling In
Fused

Album Description

Debut album for UK indie act signed to the Poptones label. Imagine the otherworldly atmosphere of Fred Neil and Nick Drake rebroadcast from a very different starting point. For fans of the aforementioned artists, Red House Painters and Neil Young. 10 tracks total. Gatefold digipack. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews:

A good record.......2001-12-06

I listened to this cd nearly every day over the summer. Made me wish I had a hammock. Anyway, this record came to me very highly recommended. I think it is good, but couldn't possibly live up to what I'd heard about it. Mostly its a kind of mellow British pop stuff, but its interesting and the songs tend to build in a way that most 'pop' does not. Also, the songs tend to be rather long (6 minutes in some cases). I've heard comparisons to My Bloody Valentine, but I think the 2 bands share only a little in common. January are less noisy, more tuneful, more accessible, and a bit happier sounding.

A Poptones gem.......2001-07-28

The comparisons out there are pretty accurate. January can be looked at as say, a Belle & Sebastian with more rock bite, or a My Bloody Valentine with softer edges. The guitars also recall echoes of Ride, Crazy Horse, and Built To Spill. But influences aside, this is a great debut album, as well as one of the best albums of the year.

Coldplay with a twang? Maybe........2001-07-04

(Since 3 1/2 stars is not an option, I'll err ever so slightly on the side of generosity). I'd not heard of this band until a friend visiting England brought back a copy of the CD. The first comparison that came to mind was Mojave 3, although January tends to rock a bit more. But they also reminded me of one of the better R.E.M. coattail bands of the 80's, Rain Parade. And yes, there's definitely a shoegazing element here, but that's not automatically a bad thing in my opinion.

In any case, this CD should please Brit-pop fans who don't run away at the first hint of a twang, as well as alt.country fans who can handle a bit of the shoegazer thing. If you like Mojave 3, I think you'll like this too.

Ride 2001.......2001-06-04

I bought the album without hearing it because the sticker on the cover said "Galaxy 500 meets Neil Young". Unfortunately it's more like "Ride goes country". The lead singer sings in a fey emotionless voice for the whole of the album - it's a very nice voice but with no light and shade it become monotonous. The tunes are very pretty and there is some nice guitar moments but no bite. I'd love to hear them live since I think they would sound a little more alive. They are a universe away from being as good as Galaxy 500 were.

Come on, it's not bad at all!.......2001-04-06

The guy above is being a bit too drastic! The problem, I guess, is that January haven been over-hyped. They've been heralded as Poptones' first-big-thing and given that Poptones was a cult label even before it came to existence, expectations ran a bit too high. January won't probably end in one of those polls listing the best records of the year but they're not bad either. In fact this album is totally enjoyable! Given that they're much talked about, people have used a wide variety of terms of comparison, most of which are simply ridiculous... My bloody valentine? ok, maybe there's a pinch of them somewhere but they don't appear to be their main influence (aka, this is not a shoegazer album by any stretch of the imagination). I'd rather say that they belong to the N.M.A (New Acoustic Movement) canon. Some say that they sound a bit like Mojave 3 with a pinch of psychedelia and distortion throughout. The best definition of what you'll find inside is the one given by the official review "pastoral guitar pop with tasteful clouds of distortion".

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