Math and Physics Club – I Shouldn’t Look As Good As I Do
[Matinee, 2010]
It’s been three years since we heard from these Seattle indie kids, Math and Physics Club. And here it is, their new album I Shouldn’t Look As Good As I Do, where everything, from cover image to songs (and album) titles screams indie pop!
As it’s expected from Matinee Records and as the genre suggests, the album primarily has songs about love and hearbreaks, and is generally a classic example of as-if-homemade music. A relaxed vocals, unobrtusive guitar melodies in the style of the 80s… Everybody Loves a Showtune has an unexpected bajo and trombones appearance. And in general, the album is perfect for summer light-minded rest. It’s a big more “high-end” in terms of production as compared to the debut one, a little bit less of a twee-pop stamp, but still light and simple.
Opener Jimmy Had a Polaroid demonstrates a very recognizable MAPC – it’s one of not-so-utterly-love songs, on the rest of the album titles like Trying To Say I Love You, Will You Still Love Me?, Love or Loneliness prevail… Each song is like a non-professionally taken picture, without any visible value for the world culture, but reminiscent of a special moment in your life, timely captured. And such pictures become sweeter to your heart than all the art in the world, bringing warmth and sincerity.
One of my most favorite songs of the album is the final, We’re So DIY!
But we’ll be the indie stars
that everybody hearts
I got my casiotone we can do it on our own
everybody knows
we’re so DIY
Beauty in simplicity, making life easier at once.
Read & Listen:
MAPC official website
Myspace
Jimmy Had a Polaroid mp3
