Indie and Lo-Fi music reviews

In Ink Please totally blows my mind. This is such a great CD, you can't even imagine. In Ink Please has a unique sound that everyone must hear and everyone will enjoy. Plus, there's another band on there too! Buy one for you and all your friends.

Given the name, how could you go wrong?

It's not quite as melancholy as Mag Fields' typical fare.
It's not quite as clubby and dancey as typical club fare.
It's not quite as good as it could have been, but it's still better than the average sea of music out there. I absolutely concur with the first reviewer's praise - it retains all the goodness of the original song while injecting a dance-able beat to it. It's just too slow for my taste. Slow for dance music anyhow. Still, for the price, you just can't go wrong.

I love listening to it at home, but would probably get bored if it came on at the club.

The track listing (all tracks are the title track - I Thought You Were My Boyfriend):

1. Extended Mix - 8:48
2. Dub Mix - 8:49
3. Single Edit - 4:08

All tracks remixed by Rob Rives.

Stephen Merritt's lyrics are brilliant yet melancholy at the same time. The mixes remind me of a bit of early Deep Dish. It's nice to hear a club mix that isn't tranced to death focusing on the song itself instead of annoying synths diluting the melody and vocals.

It's probably one of the best Pet Shop Boys songs that Pet Shop Boys had no involvement with.

It's only $3.98. If you're a fan of this style like myself, I can assure you that in the past you've probably paid more for less.

A bit of a let down really. After the incredible Superwolf comes out, Bonny Billy and Sweeney release this single with three (let's be honest) totally boring songs. More than likely these were tracks left off Superwolf... for a reason.

how can u not like superwolf and all his extremities!
good stuff. buy it. c'mon. c'mon buy it.

The first, self-released Aqueduct album, Power Ballads, featured the two best songs on I Sold Gold (GnR & HeartDesign), but suffered from the same claustrophobia as this release: too limited range in subject matter, general tone, and the music itself grew repetitive, especially in terms of production. Dave can come up with really nice hooks, especially combining piano and vocal lines, but he usually stops there -- the big exception being "Growing Up w/ GnR," which actually builds towards a great release at the end. Most of the other songs establish a hook in the opening seconds and then ride that out, w/ some variation.

I'm guessing Dave Terry is closing in on 30, but his lyrics are regressing to some serious Wonder Years angst -- there's little joy, or real pathos, to these songs, just kind of generalized self-pity. I concur w/ the dude who says that the album gets grating -- lots of nice hooks and passages, but maybe Terry needs to let loose of the reins a bit and let some breathing room in, or else Aqueduct will have to settle to being a band with a couple good songs for a future Soundz of the Oughts compilation/box set.

The ferocious retro artwork harks back to the 1980s, but the dreamy pop contained on this latest release from Aqueduct isn't another addition to the current angular new wave sound. While there is an odd 1980s throwback here and there on I Sold Gold, sole Aqueduct member David Terry generally creates a likeable off-kilter sound akin to the quirky music of New Zealand's Goodshirt. Hardcore Days And Softcore Nights has a generally dark undertone and a cool sequence of drum thrashing, while the lyrical configurations of the album take a turn for the better on Growing Up With GNR when Terry sings of lost love at the fragile age of 12 and `Axl Rose on the radio singing Sweet Child O' Mine'. Elsewhere Aqueduct takes on board influences of everyone from Ben Folds to The Flaming Lips, with Heart Design and Five Star Day both being piano driven and further mulling over old flames. Frantic (Roman Polanski Version) ditches the ivories in favour of detuned guitars and synthesisers, while Laundry Baskets contains a hint of Dinosaur Jr or Eels in lines such as `I've been livin' out of laundry baskets far too long' and `Every time I reach a new low the bottom drops out'. There's some good ideas on I Sold Gold, but generally they've either already been picked over by more accomplished acts or they simply need longer to gestate. For now though, this Aqueduct is adequate.

I normally don't listen to this type of weird electronic/piano/etc music, but I like Aqueduct when I need a change.

I heard The Suggestion Box on the radio, and loved the song. The other songs took some getting used to, but they're all good.

The best songs are The Suggestion Box and Hardcore Days and Softcore Nights.

Other standout tracks are: Growing Up With GNR, Heart Design, Tension, and Frantic.