Cody - Uplift
by Anthony Strutt
published: 28 / 4 / 2002
Label:
Shinkansen
Format: CDS
intro
Diverse new EP, with both a late night feel and a tweeness, from Oxford quartet
As a virgin listener to Cody, I don't know this band at all I am afraid to say. This EP does have both a late night feel and a tweeness to it, but there is still more to it than meets the eye. Track 2, "Flexibility' has Cure-like bass lines, while Track 1, the title track, 'Uplift', sounds twee, like Belle and Sebastian, with their amps turned up, rather than inaudible as usual. It also has a cool groove ; you can dance to it. On a second listening, "Flexibility' sounds like Trembling Blue Stars, who, upon their last wonderful album, 'Alive to Every Smile' were trying to be a commercial singles stylish version of the Cure at their poppiest. 'Track 3, 'Aquaplaner', however, falls into Slowdive post rock territory and is a wonderful trippy trip of a track. On the whole, a rather different three tracks but very pleasant too.
Track Listing:-
1 Uplift2 Flexibility
3 Aquaplaner
interviews |
Interview (2002) |
With their second album 'Distance Learning' just out, keyboard based group Cody are perhaps the most unorthodox group on the Shinkensen label. Members Joe Boulter and Chris Tighe speak to Julia Willis about the band's five year history |
reviews |
Stillpoint Primer (2001) |
First, I feel I have to admit that if I didn't already know about Cody and someone had given me the typical "quicky" description of the music on this album, I probably would not have listened to it. I |
Rounder EP (2001) |
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