FRANCINE

ARTIST / BAND: FRANCINE
SONG (MP3): CONNECTIONLESS
ALBUM: Airshow
FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Rock
LABEL: http://www.qdivision.com/
INFO: Labeling a band's output as "brainy pop" can be something of a backhanded compliment, but the Boston quartet Francine seems to actively court such distinction. Ringleader Clayton Scoble shares Stephen Malkmus' droll mid-register vocal delivery and skewed pop sensibility, absent Pavement's hipper-than-thou aura. Francine's letter-perfect hooks and clever wordplay also recall Fountains of Wayne -- "Silverplated 606" opens with the line, "You're like a tracer fired from a certain undiscovered Yes record coveresque landscape," which somehow winds up rhymed with "stocking up on Beta tape."
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