Ephemera for the Future by The Trolleyvox

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Power Pop | Beatles-pop

11 tracks | 40 minutes

Released Dec 2000
on Groove Disques

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sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:49 If I Could Only Get Out of This Chair lyrics BUY MP3 02:49 If I Could Only Get Out of This Chair lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:49 If I Could Only Get Out of This Chair

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:54 Fire in the Hole lyrics BUY MP3 02:54 Fire in the Hole lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:54 Fire in the Hole

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:04 When I Lost You lyrics BUY MP3 03:04 When I Lost You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:04 When I Lost You

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:15 Don't Turn Me On lyrics BUY MP3 05:15 Don't Turn Me On lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:15 Don't Turn Me On

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 How Can You Love lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 How Can You Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 How Can You Love

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:27 Petal Steel lyrics BUY MP3 02:27 Petal Steel lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:27 Petal Steel

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:40 Jupiter Light lyrics BUY MP3 02:40 Jupiter Light lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:40 Jupiter Light

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:31 Electrical World lyrics BUY MP3 04:31 Electrical World lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:31 Electrical World

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:33 Gotta Go lyrics BUY MP3 03:33 Gotta Go lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:33 Gotta Go

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:58 Ten Miles Down lyrics BUY MP3 05:58 Ten Miles Down lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:58 Ten Miles Down

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:14 Send Me lyrics BUY MP3 04:14 Send Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:14 Send Me

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Chiming guitar pop - strongly recommended for fans of jangly guitars, hardwood floors, sunlit rooms, and natural fibers.

Editorial review

When you say the nebulous term "power-pop," this is the smooth but energetic kind every person favors. You know, the original archetype, the Revolver/Beatles kind in text (the opening "If I Could Only Get Out of This Chair" grabs McCartney's famous "Taxman" bassline like Trolleyvox is sitting in a comfy chair) and the ringing, big, hollow-body Rickenbacker-Byrds kind in sonic approach, only sounding completely '90s, not museum-vintage. Like any old genre being synthesized, bands run the risk of sounding dated and overmatched when they take on moldy gods, but not when informed by such ringing production (whoever Adam Lasus is, he's fantastic) and such lively playing. This is not the work of teens in a garage, but it's also not too polished and dainty, even on the quieter comedowns such as "Don't Turn Me On." Nor is it too unkempt and disorderly. It's that space in between, really well-played and expertly composed and arranged (by band mastermind and superb guitarist Andrew Chalfen), with first-rate modern sound. The unpretentious, cagey vocals from budding star Beth Filla don't hurt either, and let's hope they can get knockout drummer Ken Buono to join full-time. A real keeper. (P.O. Box 271, Haddonfield, NJ 08033; castells@bellatlantic.net) ~ Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover, All Music Guide

Bio / Background

Every band in the land these days is drunk silly with the intoxicating pretensions of their own teenage symphonies to God, which almost always turn out to be unnavigable basements of clutter once the shrink wrap comes off.

Refreshing then, to hear Andrew Chalfen, the mind behind The Trolleyvox, aptly describe his group's sonic mission as creating "little model railroads of sound."

The whole Byrdsy/Beatley/Kinksy/New Zealandy construction has got all the cool detailed scenery and rolling stock a romantic guitar pop obsessive could ask for, not to mention a brooding lyrical undercurrent which sneaks up on the unsuspecting and bites them in the ass.

The City Paper called Ephemera for the Future "heart-tugging, gorgeous." "An impressive slippery presence" is how Digital City described the lithe voice of Trolleyvox lead vocalist Beth Filla.

So much to take in, and yet it all hums along effortlessly.

These guys have somehow come up with the perfect soundtrack to your "HO" scale world.