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James Pants is a personal record, but it's still out there. Like most Stones Throw artists, Pants is never content unless he's pushing boundaries and evolving. Here, to use his own words, he†s influenced by Twin Peaks and '50s diner songs. He uses crazy amounts of slapback echo and a wall of '90s synths to get this sort of ominous, retro-cool sound. Meanwhile, he adds the usual cosmic sounds from his bag of tricks, along with some live-sounding organic instrumentation as heard on Seven Seals (noisy guitars, thick basslines, live drums, and a murky falsetto). The main change seems to be an emphasis on tighter song structures rather than using straight-driving riffs or beats, and the songs sound a little more poppy -- that is, if the radio transmissions were coming from Mars.
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TRACK LISTING
1 Beta 2:55
2 Every Night I Dream 3:37
3 Clouds Over the Pacific 4:03
4 A Little Bit Closer 4:38
5 Strange Girl 2:20
6 Screams of Passion 2:45
7 Incantation 4:24
8 Kathleen 3:09
9 Body on Elevator 1:07
10 Darlin' 2:59
11 Alone 3:47
12 These Girls 2:34
13 Dreamboat 3:07
14 Epilogue 1:57
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