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All Hours
''All Hours'' is the sixth and final studio album by American band Ivy, released by Nettwerk on September 20, 2011. Following 2005's '' In the Clear'', the members took a hiatus from music, allowing Andy Chase and Adam Schlesinger to work on side projects and Dominique Durand and Chase to begin raising a family. After reuniting in 2008, they started work on a project exploring a new sound following concerns that their songs would become obsolete and unimaginative due to their break. ''All Hours'' features 11 songs written and produced by Chase and Schlesinger; they take influence from electropop, indie pop and synth-pop music. Unlike their previous albums, ''All Hours'' experiments more with electronic music and contains tracks reminiscent of the music from the 1980s. ''All Hours'' received mixed reviews from music critics; although several applauded Ivy for exploring a new sound, several of the songs on the album were described as boring and overly simple. " Distant Lights", " Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy (band)
Ivy was an American indie pop band composed of Andy Chase, Adam Schlesinger, and Dominique Durand. They were active between 1994 and 2012. History In 1991, Andy Chase placed an ad that attracted fellow multi-instrumentalist Adam Schlesinger. In 1994 they met Dominique Durand, a native of Paris who had moved to New York City to study English, and with whom they shared admiration for The Go-Betweens, The House of Love, The Pastels, Prefab Sprout and The Smiths. Although Durand had never sung in a group, she was persuaded by Chase and Schlesinger to sing on some demos, and Ivy was formed. ''Lately'' and ''Realistic'' In 1994, Ivy signed with Seed Records and released "Get Enough," which the UK magazine ''Melody Maker'' named Single of the Week, followed by the EP '' Lately''. In 1995, they released their first full-length album, '' Realistic.'' ''Latelys cover version of "I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive" impressed its author, Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice, so much that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |