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Falling Off The Lavender Bridge (CD)

By: Lightspeed Champion (Artist)

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Lightspeed Champion Artist Snapshot:

After the split of cross-genre U.K. indie/punk trio Test Icicles, member Devonte Hynes traveled to the Omaha, Nebraska, to record, plucking the name Lightspeed Champion, a reference to a comic book hero he created as a child, for use as an alias. His move proved no coincidence; as a solo artist, Hynes explores his own twisted but sweet lo-fi universe in a manner akin to the city's most famous export, Conner Oberst. However, his 2008 debut, FALLING OFF LAVENDER BRIDGE, reveals an artist who creates music that's deliciously hard to define, hemmed in by no predecessor yet utterly accessible.

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DISC 1 for Falling Off The Lavender Bridge (CD) Album By Lightspeed Champion (Artist)
1   Number One
2   Galaxy Of The Lost
3   Tell Me What It's Worth
4   All To Shit
5   Midnight Surprise
6   Devil Tricks For A Bitch?
7   I Could Have Done This Myself
8   Salty Water
9   Dry Lips
10   Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk
11   Let The Bitches Die
12   No Surprise (For Wendela) / Midnights Surprise
 

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Review

Spin (p.95) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[L]ushly orchestrated pop rock -- adding classical strings, woodwinds, banjo, and a good share of Saddle Creek's countrified twang."
Entertainment Weekly (p.65) - "[With a] lovely parade of kitchen-sink instrumentation." -- Grade: B
Uncut (p.80) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[R]ecalling an improbable hybrid of Wilco, Aztec Camera and Todd Rundgren. The songs are, by turns, witty, eccentric and often oddly moving."
Q (Magazine) (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The 10-minute 'Midnight Surprise' is the album's sprawling, beguiling centrepiece, but 'Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk' is its bewildered, adorable heartbeat."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Hynes'] vocals revel in combative tension while showing sharp lyrical talons and acid humour..."
Clash (magazine) (p.109) - "Swapping synthesizers for cello, oboe and pedal steel, Dev Hynes has carved out a hugely distinctive collection of balladry."

Title Note

Dev Hynes, guitarist from the short lived agit-punk/pop band Test Icicles is Lightspeed Champion. Melding folky pop with country rock, his Texas roots and U.K. upbringing make for an interesting musical culture clash on his debut, FALLING OFF THE LAVENDER BRIDGE. With a little help from some friends at Saddle Creek Records, Hynes deftly crafts tunes based on poppy male/female vocals, melodic chamber-pop, and a sense of both drama and humor.

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