 | Clever Girl No Drum And Bass in the Jazz Room
4.0
excellent
| Ranking: #40 for 2010 | |
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| 3.5 great | Fossegrim | November 4th 15 |
The feeling of the sun coming out in math-rock form.
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| 5.0 classic | Superreallycool | July 22nd 15 |
I've always been a huge metal head. From Slayer, to St. Vitus, to Cancer, I just loved metal. While I enjoyed other forms of music fine, no other genre could compare to metal. Such was my devotion, I started an Instagram account dedicated to making jokes about metal (metal_motherland). However, about 2 weeks ago, I found that music in general just bored me. There were some exceptions, such as Floods by Pantera, but I could only count 14 songs on my phone that didn't bore me... out of 3,000. I spent many hours searching for new music, but nothing truly resonated with me. I almost gave up on music entirely and began to accept that maybe I just was moving on. That was, until I heard this album. Listening to this, I got chills from it. I got an adrenaline rush from music being played mostly on drums, sax, and bass. However, I doubt any of you really care too much about my story, all you care about is if the album is good, and if I haven't made it clear already, yes I think it's good. Very, very good. Seriously, it doesn't matter what kind of music you like, you at least should try this.
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| 5.0 classic | Erwann S. EMERITUS | January 21st 20 |
An underground cult classic. So much more than a mere twinkly core record, this is a hidden jazzy'n'mathy emo-influenced instrumental rock gem. While such tags immediately bring American Football to mind, Clever Girl manages to create its own sound. Instead of reminding cold Autumn afternoons with their music, the band brings a sunny-yet-chill-Spring-mornings atmosphere. The production is as crispy as the best chicken can be: each instrument can be heard loud and clear, and since each musician knows what he's doing, the result is a lush and upbeat mathy rock EP. On top of that, the absence of vocals allows the music to display a much happier tone than their counterparts: while emo is a genre known for its sadboi themes, NDaBitJR is seamlessly flowing among happy tunes, whether is straight-up bombastic mathy rock (Elm or Teleblister) or the hazy and chill brass-led Sleepyhead Symphony. This 100% instrumental ethos helps the band avoid the almost unavoidable math rock/emo trap : cheesy lyrics badly sung by an adolescent dude. Such a distinctive sound compared to their counterparts, as well as the mystery of a band that only released one record, are the pillars of Clever Girl's cult following. A 2018 vinyl reissue, plus the band Cuzco mentioning them in their 2017 track We Miss You Clever Girl truly established Clever Girl as a tremendous addition into the 'did one record and then disbanded' catalog.
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| 5.0 classic | Bedex | April 16th 22 |
I was going into this thinking this would be at risk of being bumped down because it felt like one my weakest fives, but in reality man my adolescent love for this has not budged an inch. Yes it is a very lighthearted obscure little record and isn't a grand album by any means, but it just makes me feel all fluffy and comfy and I can't not love it. Its crisp production and intricate yet delicate playing take you right into the band's happy, soothing, sunny spring atmosphere that I want to live in forever, and for a record that is after all merely noodly modern math rock with a sax, that atmosphere is incredibly strongly evoked. Contrary to some other records I used to love, this one seems to gains value over time (at least for now), because on top of not feeling silly, there is a sweet taste of happy nostalgia that overarchs the memories I tie it with. I struggle to think of a record that stands so far above everything else I know in its genre solely out of the sheer goodness of its execution. This isn't the most technical math-rock (which I think is a strength as they know to remain subtle), this isn't the only math-rock band that uses brass, hell it's not even the only math-rock band called Clever Girl. But to me it is special, and it makes me happy every dam time i hear it. 5.0
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| 3.0 good | praise jimmy EMERITUS | May 17th 16 |
very vibrant math rock with very math rocky math rock tweedle deedle diddle dees that go on and on and on while it keeps on deedle diddle dees it's math rock
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| 4.5 superb | Conmaniac | August 11th 14 |
Such a great album. Four songs of nearly perfectly crafted math rock with a brass twinge.
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| 4.0 excellent | Pangea | July 29th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zac124 | June 24th 24 |
| 5.0 classic | Glovoc | April 12th 23 |
| 3.0 good | remi | August 28th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Naseki | July 15th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | TBH717 | May 4th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | sncold | February 9th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Oobaloo | December 6th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | kaknaka | September 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Macck | July 30th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Suyan | May 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gillie | April 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | ISeeYou | November 16th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | kevbogz | November 7th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | alamo | August 7th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Lucman | June 19th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Jadmin | June 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emo | March 8th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Prancer | December 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | A.R.O. EMERITUS | December 23rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | NanoJet | November 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mathias EMERITUS | November 11th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mchi | October 30th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | 2ool | October 12th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Nine | May 18th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Rmazer | April 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Khattak | March 9th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | crab | February 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | tancrni | January 13th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sam C. | September 17th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | akimbo | September 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | iglu | August 10th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | December 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | August 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | GMBass | August 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | clavier EMERITUS | June 27th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Nishe | April 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tropby | December 16th 16 |
| 3.5 great | tyler | December 4th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom R. EMERITUS | April 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | tom79 | December 24th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | antgoud | September 24th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Benzo | April 24th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | JJOMan | February 10th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Verisim | December 31st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shimana | October 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kip | August 14th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | kenneh | July 26th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | bmelt | June 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Trebor. EMERITUS | May 15th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Shoteru | February 14th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | ilkb | December 5th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Ulshad | July 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pox | July 2nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | lerem | June 3rd 12 |
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