MIGHTY FAIRLY "Perfectly Good Airplanes"

2006（TINDER BOX） ￥1,900(taxin) POWERPOP of the month

やっとこさ・・・やっとこさ・・・での入荷となったミネアポリスのパワーポップトリオ、Mighty Fairlyのファーストアルバム！もう今月１押しアルバムに即決定です。このバンド、ここまで名前が知られていないのが不思議なほどやたらクオリティーが高い！ビーチボーイズなコーラスやメロディーに、パンキッシュなルーツを感じさせる男女混声ヴォーカル。Fontains Of Wayne、Weezer好きにはたまらない、カラっと晴れわたる大空のように突き抜けた混じりっけなしのパワーポップサウンド！！ひさびさに”これぞパワーポップ”といえる作品に出会えました。んでもってタイトル萌え・・ってわけではないけれどPerfect、Good、Airplaneってもうポップ以外の何モノでもなくない？

Track Lisiting:
01. Last Stand Started
02. Lackluster (mp3)
03. Wake Up (mp3)
04. It's a Shame (mp3)
05. Like a Ghost
06. Dosage
07. Do You
08. Give Up
09. Movin' On
10. Seeing You
11. Superheroes

MEMBER
Mischa Suemnig, Kellie Nitz, Jonathan Earl, Joe Papke

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BIOGRAPHY
ormed in the early 90s, the Shame Idols released two critically-lauded albums in the mid-'90s on the estimable Frontier Records. Singer/songwriter and guitarist Tim Boykin (ex-Carnival Season) formed the group in Birmingham in 1993 when his previous group, Pinky The Stabber, split up. The other band members, guitarist Bryan Price, bassist Buddy Banks, and drummer Jesse-Diego Suttle, had previously played together in the punk band Working Mothers.

An early fan of the group, the Young Fresh Fellows' Scott McCaughey, hooked the band up with his then-current label, Frontier, and also introduced him to Seattle-based indie producer extraordinaire Conrad Uno, who produced both 1995's I Got Time and 1996's Rocket Cat. The Shame Idols slpit up in the late 90s, Boykin doing several albums with power pop favorites the Lolas.

In September 2004 Shame Idols start to rehearse after not playing together for several years. New member Alan Helms, who played with Bryan and Jesse in Working Mothers, is added on bass guitar. Local shows and new material are well-received, and the band set about recording their third album, The Light Is Always On.