Genre: Pop, Alternative
Year: 2009
Location: Portland, OR
Label: Unsigned
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01. Running From Lacuna
02. The Extortionist
03. Disposable Company Makes A Lonely Man
04. La Charliere
05. Esophagus
06. The Man Who Cried Wolf
07. Tragedy Of The Commons
08. Game Of Jenga
09. Invertebrate
10. Igloo
11. Yellow Bricks
12. It’s A Good Thing You’re Loyal
13. My Grey Shun
14. Three Week Break
Artist submission from Oregon! In my City of Sound write-up, I stated how it made me sad that solid, hard-working bands are not getting signed. For Icarus The Owl, it’s hard for me to get upset because they have nice amount of internet buzz and it wouldn’t surprise me if they got signed soon, especially after the release of this album. While their music is mostly pop-based, they incorporate many elements of math and post-hardcore into The Spotless Mind . The beginning of “The Extortionist” sports a sick mathy riff, and “La Charlière” sounds like an early TREOS song. For a three-piece band, they put out a very impressive full sound. Also, I give a nod to whoever did the production and mastering, cause it sounds clear and powerful. I’m really glad Joey from ITO got this to me because I haven’t posted much music like this, and it deserves it.
