The Dudley Corporation: "In Love with"

TRACK LIST:
1. Colossus
2. What A Human Does
3. New Song For You
4. Painting For Futures Red
5. A.M.
6. To Angels And Dead Friends
7. Glance
8. (H)our Islands
9. Blessed Are The Strong
10. Maybe I...
11. The Auld Fairy
12. Count Me In
13. A Minor Thing
14. When You Wake

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NOTES:
The Dudley Corporations album "In Love With is out now through MGM Distribution.

REVIEWS:
Some bands - like The Dudley Corporation - make perfectly charming jangly pop music (What a human does in particular), all clanging guitars and skittish drums and pretty melodies, only you get to the end of it and you don't really remember much of it at all - though that could be more indicative of my current mental state than anything. Pity The OC carked it, because Seth Cohen would've gotten a kick out of these doods.
- Inpress Magazine, Clem Bastow, May 2007

Its hard to tell if its good or not, but there are def. some good quotes in there! Particularly Seth Cohen...! Charming pop-rock from Dublin. Dublin group The Dudley Corporation's debut Australian release (on Melbourne indie label Wireless Records, who gave us the likes of Pokett and Radiant City in 2006) is an unrelenting, left-right barrage of pop-rock sucker punches with sweet, folkish diversions. Only three of the 14 tracks extend beyond three minutes - a perfect release in this, the age of the limited attention span. What a Human Does is an early highlight, a gentle guitar initially proving deceptive, as the track launches into a delightfully jangly concoction of dancing guitar and free-flowing pop, the voice stretching to reach Jeff Buckley-esque overtones. New Song for You, meanwhile, is straight outta the mid-'90s, when Ash and Elastica were flying high, replete with a wonderfully unnecessary manic guitar solo. It's at this point that the band's quirky songwriting style becomes evident, as they jettison the idea of verse-chorus-verse-chorus in favour a constantly evolving, dynamic sonic form. Elsewhere, they show some panache for folkish, harmony-laden pop via To Angels and Dead Friends, which is immediately contrasted by the kinetic, manic guitars of Glance. Blessed are the Strong is anything but a hymn, while The Auld Fairy (the album's epic track at four-and-a-half minutes) is a delightful, spacious crescendo, laden with singing strings and washes of clean guitar. Undoubtedly the surprise gem of 2007 so far.
- City Search, May 2007


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