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The 1900s are a 7-piece band from Chicago. They use unique arrangements to make strange and beautiful songs that are both endearing and fun.
The 1900s have enough members that their songs can effortlessly slide across styles (coke ‘n’ rhinestone country, urban pastoral garage, straight-up boy/girl belting), filling a room while remaining breezy ‘n’ easy, even when dropping lines like “You said you’d never want to take it from behind from boys / but pride starts wasting away before your youth” in the chiming, bouncing, tambourine ‘n’ piano tapping “Georgia. ” The dozen tracks on Cold & Kind, the follow-up to last year’s Plume Delivery EP, layer strong harmonies over vintage keys, piano, strings, and the rest of the rock ‘n’ roll sink. Sometimes we hear Belle & Sebastian covering 10,000 Maniacs; at others their named influences Fleetwood Mac (in those swaggering, calming voices) and Velvet Underground (the guitars!) raise their royal heads. Or, how about Nico’s “These Days” sped and filtered through youthful Roky psych rollicking in “Two Ways”?
The 1900s have enough members that their songs can effortlessly slide across styles (coke ‘n’ rhinestone country, urban pastoral garage, straight-up boy/girl belting), filling a room while remaining breezy ‘n’ easy, even when dropping lines like “You said you’d never want to take it from behind from boys / but pride starts wasting away before your youth” in the chiming, bouncing, tambourine ‘n’ piano tapping “Georgia. ” The dozen tracks on Cold & Kind, the follow-up to last year’s Plume Delivery EP, layer strong harmonies over vintage keys, piano, strings, and the rest of the rock ‘n’ roll sink. Sometimes we hear Belle & Sebastian covering 10,000 Maniacs; at others their named influences Fleetwood Mac (in those swaggering, calming voices) and Velvet Underground (the guitars!) raise their royal heads. Or, how about Nico’s “These Days” sped and filtered through youthful Roky psych rollicking in “Two Ways”?
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heart_indie wrote:
i love this guys!!
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tsill2 wrote:
absolutely incredible. cannot get enough of this band. highly recommended.
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analogica wrote:
i'm so glad you're back guys!! love you!!!!!!!!!!
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Airicsson wrote:
Best indie pop album I've discovered for a long time! Quite underated band...
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Milkman519 wrote:
Just some quality indie pop.
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papirospotoyan wrote:
awesome album!!! [2]
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YControl755 wrote:
Please vote for one of the new photos linked below. The other ones are outdated. http://www.last.fm/music/The+1900s/+images/55137843 OR http://www.last.fm/music/The+1900s/+images/55137895
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justk1234 wrote:
Can't wait to see them at the bottle. Just what I need for the long, cold, Chicago winter.
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wowball wrote:
awesome album!!!
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Schildpaddo wrote:
New album sounds like the perfect album to get me through the winter ^^
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YControl755 wrote:
Check out my review of the new album and listen to one of the new tracks http://www.windycityrock.net/2010/10/record-review-1900s-return-of-century.html
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UGLYCIVILIAN wrote:
sweet a new album!
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YControl755 wrote:
Their new album, "Return of the Century," is coming out November 2!
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G7817612 wrote:
Have these guys done anything since Cold & Kind, I wasn't really into when it first came out but now I really enjoy it, and would like to see them or hear some new stuff.
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balikye wrote:
they're not underrated so much as unknown. it's equally dumb though 'cause i'm in love with them. if they'd just put out another LP it would help exposure! geeeeez
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Acuvi wrote:
Ooh, so good!!
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mvldk666 wrote:
DAYTROTTER sessions fuckin' rules ... like PEEL/Maida sessions does ... I love fuckin' great music :o) :o) :o) :o) :o) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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umiboza wrote:
Its too bad they're so underrated.
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MichelleWong wrote:
really love it/
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Bayou16 wrote:
'Cold & Kind' people! Their best!
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New Record out today!
2 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/The 1900s
It's been a long time coming, but Return of the Century is
out today on Parasol Records! Find us here, on bandcamp, itunes,
etc...We'll be playing an in-store at Reckless Records this Friday,
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New Record out today!
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27 Jul 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/1900s
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