Airport Girl--Honey, I'm an Artist

Artist-Airport Girl
Album-Honey, I'm an Artist
Release Date-Apr 16, 2001
Genre/Style-Indie Pop/Chamber Pop
Size-57M

Official Site-http://www.airportgirl.com/
Note-Rare and Recommended! Their new album 'Slow Light' will be released recently. Iwill share with u if i can find.

Review-
Review comes from http://www.airportgirl.com/

Sometimes you have to get the bigger picture to really understand what it is you’re looking at. Just as, sometimes, you have to hear more than just a few singles from a band to really understand what they’re capable of.

Airport Girl are a fine example of this. They’ve released a clutch of singles, including the punky ‘Power Yr Trip’ on WIAIWYA and, most recently, the gorgeous but hideously overlong popsong ‘The Foolishness That We Create Through Love Is The Closest We Come To Greatness.’ Each single had a secret shine of greatness hidden within, but never really had the chance to come out. Even ‘The Foolishness’ was over before it really got anywhere, hinting at a wonderful album in the pipeline and leaving us wondering what was coming.

So, it’s only now, with this album, that we see what the band were getting at all along. Admittedly, Airport Girl would like us to think that their spiritual ancestors are the likes of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (‘Home On The Range’, on this album, is incredibly Richman-esque), but the truth is that they are much, much closer both musically and lyrically to The Delgados or The Wedding Present.

The album certainly starts like a Delgados record. ‘This Could Be The Start Of Something Small’ is beautifully pensive, accompanied by a delicate sounding violin, and hinting at some truly delightful moments to come. Then, suddenly, it bursts into the stomping punky fire of ‘Power Yr Trip’. And this is an art that Airport Girl seem to have mastered: mixing the quiet, pensive, moving moments of a record with forcefully sublime dancefloor jumpalongs.
There are certainly a few standout tracks here. ‘Between Delta and Delaware’ is gorgeous, rising and falling, bouncing along like a Tompaulin record more than anything else with its summery, light-footed melodies. ‘The Foolishness’ remains as explosive and wonderful as ever before, only this time is completely in context, and ‘Surf #7 Wave’ is explosive, violently loud, and blissfully energetic. But the most glorious moment is a peaceful one. ‘Frostbite’ is the track that proves whilst Airport Girl may be promising amateurs for the time-being, they won’t be seen as amateurs for much longer. And they certainly won’t be described as ‘shambolic’ again. With almost a hymnal, folky nature, the swoonsome little epic is a pleading indie masterpiece, mixing rising strings, fantastic guitar work, and poignant vocals. Almost anthemic in quality, the song builds and builds, leaving the listener in a vacuum when it finally ends. Brilliant stuff, and sure proof that Airport Girl are on to something… Paul Haswell, Strange Fruit - Fruitbowl #26.

Review comes from AMG:

Airport Girl weaves instruments, styles, and direction on their debut full-length, Honey, I'm an Artist. Noisy pop guitar rockers, in the vein of Pavement or the Pixies, can be heard next to sweet, sentimental, string-focused ballads, like those of Belle & Sebastian. The songs have a melancholy feel and a tight structure that never seems to move in any new destination. At their most successful moments, Airport Girl uses an array of instruments and players that can create very sweet exchanges between guitars, keyboards, harmonica, melodica, and theremin. "Home on the Range" is a fun country swing that has interesting acoustic picking and harmonica. At times, Airport Girl touches on the sincerity of the quiet moments of Hood. "Between Delta and Delaware" is a great example of the guitars working off one another to create a fun, poppy melody, while the vocal delivery is rhythmic and off-the-cuff, sounding a lot like Number One Cup. The big choruses throughout Honey, I'm an Artist are an added highlight to the record, where mixing choices can sometimes diminish the big feel. Guitars are sometimes buried, and strings can bury keyboards when they need to be stepped up to achieve a dissonance that Airport Girl seems to be after. "Surf #7 Wave" drives to the end of Honey, I'm an Artist with distortion and dream pop melodies, making you wonder what Airport Girl's next effort will cover.

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