Name: All Good Wishes
Brand: E.L.K Records
SKU: 187999782
Availability: OutOfStock

All Good Wishes

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Album: All Good Wishes
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Search for Your Love	More Info...	0:04
2)	Claudia	More Info...	0:03
3)	Spend Time Right Here With You	More Info...	0:03
4)	I Dream of Your Song	More Info...	0:02
5)	Beam	More Info...	0:04
6)	All Good Wishes	More Info...	0:03
7)	Morning Velvet Sky	More Info...	0:04
8)	Following Rain	More Info...	0:04
9)	Ride	More Info...	0:04
10)	Watching Ships	More Info...	0:01
11)	Silver Tides	More Info...	0:05

Album: All Good Wishes
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Search for Your Love	More Info...	0:04
2)	Claudia	More Info...	0:03
3)	Spend Time Right Here With You	More Info...	0:03
4)	I Dream of Your Song	More Info...	0:02
5)	Beam	More Info...	0:04
6)	All Good Wishes	More Info...	0:03
7)	Morning Velvet Sky	More Info...	0:04
8)	Following Rain	More Info...	0:04
9)	Ride	More Info...	0:04
10)	Watching Ships	More Info...	0:01
11)	Silver Tides	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Gulp's debut album, Season Sun, was a dreamy, spacy slice of relaxed summertime breezes and gentle psychedelia, and their second album is more of the same, only a little more expansive and sure-handed. All Good Wishes finds the quartet in full control of their deceptively simple vintage synth-driven sound, which matches gleamingly smooth surfaces with softly billowing vocals and dubby echoes with propulsive drums, while digging below those surfaces to uncover some real emotion. Along with the sunlight-bright melodies, there's some melancholy in the bubbly motorik pop tracks this time around, with vocalist Lindsey Leven's smoky tones packing a tender punch on "Claudia" and the phaser-drenched "I Dream of Your Song." Also, a little bit of ice on "Morning Velvet Sky," which sounds like classic Ladytron, and "Silver Tides," where her vocals are partially fed through a machine. Leven really gets to show off her range on the batch of ballads, ranging from the slow-motion space country weeper "Spend Time Right Here with You" and the (bad) dream-like wash of "All Good Wishes," which sounds like a This Mortal Coil track with Julee Cruise behind the mike, to the echoing, Goldfrapp-ian "Beam," which serves as the album's emotional center. These tracks give the album some needed depth, shading, and sonic variety, helping to offset the sweetness and light of the poppier songs. Gulp show that they aren't just masters of cheerful avant pop; they can do other things at a high skill level, too. It makes for a well-balanced listening experience that fans of Broadcast or any of the other bands mentioned above would certainly find right up their alley. ~ Tim Sendra