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Former Miss America Album Reviews 3out of 5
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Carnivalism

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Nowadays Merseyside bands have a tendency to revive the psychedelic noises from the 1960's so it's somewhat refreshing for a duo such as Former Miss America to buck the trend. If one could pinpoint their origins then it would probably lead to Bristol for the singer/musician Anthony Carter and his crew operate in an area of cool atmospherics and emotive songwriting. Without pushing the boundaries of music further, 'Carnivalism' is a carefully constructed album of leftfield pop songs usually backed up by inobtrusive electronic music. 'Kid Gloves' and 'Fear Of The Dark' typify the record well, with studied trip-hop-like backdrops and some careful, soulful singing from Carter. 'Declining Value Of Letters' and 'Norwegian Wouldn't' err towards the over-polished but 'End Of The Girl' is strangely reminiscent of mid-90s funkers New FADS in ballad mode. With a few more killer melodies this could have been quite something yet it's still idiosyncratic enough to merit repeated airings.
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  Track Listing
01 Kid Gloves
02 Fear Of The Dark
03 Norwegian Wouldn't
04 Beach Coma
05 Neverending (Pt 1)
06 Rudy
07 Declining Value Of Letters
Standout Track End Of The Girl
09 Neverending (Pt 2)
10 Long Time Bed
11 Shine

Standout Track = Standout Track

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