Socializing with Life by The Dunes

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Modern Rock | Folky Pop

10 tracks | 42 minutes

Released Jul 2006
on Curve Music

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Part of a mini-trend of Canadian bands that take the epic pop-pomp of U2 and early Radiohead as their starting point (see also the Dears and Arcade Fire, among others), Ontario's the Dunes don't go nearly as far afield from their influences as their contemporaries, and this is not necessarily a good thing. The Dunes specialize in grandiose wide-screen pop songs that unfurl under leader Kevin Pullen's somewhat histrionic and emo-tinged lead vocals. It's all very earnest, almost to the point of being insufferably pompous. What saves the Dunes is that the passionate delivery is matched to a better than average melodic sense and an eye for detail in the arrangements that actually led to the band taking the unusual step of pulling the initial 2004 release of Socializing with Life, remixing and tweaking the song lineup to improve the album's overall sound and flow. This allows the listener to keep from focusing on Pullen's angsty lyrical world-view on songs like "What You Wanted" and "The Easiest." So...Canada's post-millennial equivalent to Simple Minds, then? There are worse things to be; there are also so much better. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Bio / Background

A self proclaimed "mainstream experimental" outfit, The Dunes sings of "human beings and human themes". Their honest songwriting approach, soaring anthem like choruses and their belief that "the song is king" has served them well in winning over audiences wherever they play and whenever they are heard.

The Dunes were formed in Markham, Ontario, Canada in early 2003 by singer/ songwriter/front-man, Kevin Pullen. Initially Pullen driven by a desire to make meaningful melodic, engaging, raucous, intelligent, music which flowed naturally his everyday stream of consciousness, a desire that remains at the heart of the bands' philosophy. Pullen's influences are such bands as Radiohead, Travis, The Beatles, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Flaming Lips, Neil Young and so on. "It's a long list", explains, Pullen.

Once their roster was rounded out, The Dunes made a low quality 5-song EP entitled "inception" and gave them out for free while playing anywhere and everywhere they could.

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