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The Thrills, "Big Sur," So Much for the City.(Sound Recording Review)
The Thrills, "Big Sur," So Much for the City (Virgin)
Time to get the earwax reservoir checked. If my initial enthusiasm for The Thrills" "Big Sur" is any indication, my aural extremities are overdue for some serious reaming. It's not that So Much for the City is a bad album. It's that So Much for the City completely hides its gems in a wash of feel-good arrangements. This Irish quintet has fallen under the spell of the Left Coast ... y'know, surf, sun, fun, the Beachboys, the Byrds, and Neil Young. Neil Young? Isn't he Canadian? Okay, we'll overlook that one. The California that The Thrills have fallen for was inhabited by The Monkees, The Brady Bunch, and that gosh darn cute Frankie and Annette. The arrangements are straight out of Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, and Burt Bacharach--they even cadge from The Prefab Four's theme song! Their harmonies are impeccable, not novel like The Beach Boys, Beatles, or CSN, but finely honed like the Rembrandts, the Fifth Dimension, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Okay, their sound is IRRITATING!
The last vocals as robust as The Thrills' were those of Jellyfish on ...
- HOLIDAY: THRILL TO THE BIG SUR SOUND.
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) May 6, 2001 700+ words
...CHAMBERLAIN JACK Kerouac fearfully described the Big Sur as a Blakean 'groaning rough rock creation...Los Angeles through Santa Barbara to the Big Sur we'd seen mirages of haze in the road...ocean crashing on the rocks beneath us. Big Sur itself is a little community in the hills...
- EROSION CONTROL IN THE BIG SUR.
- Magazine article from: Public Works Parker, Bryan D. November 1, 1999 700+ words
The Big Sur coast, stretching from Carmel...Every trip down Route 1 on the Big Sur is unique. People travel from...the world to experience the thrill ride that skirts pristine beaches...above the ocean. The town of Big Sur and other towns along the route...
- Salinas, Calif., Community Bands Together around Big Sur Marathon.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 27, 2002 700+ words
...Chartwell who has run the Big Sur marathon twice. "For our...made participating in the Big Sur 5K an important part of...school registrations for the Big Sur event. While numbers are...Money aside, it's the thrill of being involved with something...
- Big Sur: Splendor and the grass
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times James Conaway May 31, 1987 700+ words
BIG SUR, Calif. Hiking in Big Sur 20 years ago, a friend and I happened upon an abandoned homestead...homestead had collapsed, part of the general, reputed decline of Big Sur, where mountains had begun to slide into the ocean, taking whole...
- California's Big Sur: a place to just coast along.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Downing, Bob May 6, 2002 700+ words
BIG SUR, CALIF. _ Highway 1 is, according to...and Los Angeles. For 90 miles between Big Sur and San Simeon, California's state Route...coves, sea stacks and deserted beaches. Big Sur offers dramatic vistas and great views...
- California's Big Sur: a place to just coast along.
- Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) April 10, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Bob Downing BIG SUR, CALIF. _ Highway 1 is, according...and Los Angeles. For 90 miles between Big Sur and San Simeon, California's state...sea stacks and deserted beaches. Big Sur offers dramatic vistas and great views...
- Like a Phoenix, Big Sur Rises...California's First Scenic Highway 1 Opens, Area...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 15, 2008 700+ words
...Report 90+% Occupancy by July 25(th) - BIG SUR, Calif. -- Like a Phoenix, that iconic...Coastline encompassing El Sur Grande - or Big Sur - once again rises! Tourism facilities...Sunday, July 13. Air quality in the Big Sur area is "moderate" with low particulate...
- Westmed Draws Ire In Big Sur.
- Newspaper article from: Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA) February 27, 2007 700+ words
...the rising tide of protest emanating from Big Sur has all but drowned out those complaints. Big Sur residents said they are outraged by a Westmed...ambulance service. Under the proposed cutback, Big Sur's fully-staffed, full-time ambulance...
