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The Fun of Watching Fireworks,The American Analog Set

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The American Analog Set
Released 1996

Diana Slowburner II
05:23
359 plays

Trespassers in the Stereo Field
01:22
330 plays

Dim Stars (The Boy In My Arms)
06:16
323 plays

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- 1
- Diana Slowburner II
- 05:23
- 359 plays

- 3
- On My Way
- 09:51
- 297 plays

- 4
- On The Run's Where I'm From
- 06:14
- 283 plays

- 5
- Dim Stars (The Boy In My Arms)
- 06:16
- 323 plays

- 5
- Gone To Earth
- 07:03
- 293 plays

- 6
- Trespassers in the Stereo Field
- 01:22
- 330 plays

- 7
- Too Tired To Shine II
- 06:05
- 265 plays

- 8
- It's Alright
- 01:47
- 257 plays

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album review

The American Analog Set's debut album is a hushed, evocative soundscape, an entrancing excursion into the realm of lo-fi dream pop. Frontman Andrew Kenny's songs -- typified by the aptly titled opening cut, "Diana Slowburner II" -- are hypnotic and deceptively simple, constructed of little more than ringing guitars and gently insistent rhythms, with the steady warm hum of a Farfisa coloring the music with a cosmic serenity; vocals creep in and out of the mix, rarely rising above a whisper. The cumulative effect is stunning: while the American Analog Set owe a clear debt to artists like Galaxie 500 and Stereolab, theirs is nevertheless an original and unique voice -- The Fun of Watching Fireworks is an experience in complete sonic immersion. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide