Video Age - Away From The CastleVideo Age make breezy and timeless songs that are so ineable, they can only be the result of a decades long friendship and songwriting partnership. Across four albums, Ross Farbe and Ray Micarelli have gleefully worn their influences on their sleeve, writing inviting tunes that reference sounds ranging from disco to pop and indie rock. On their latest LP, Away From The Castle, the New Orleans duo have strayed from nostalgia and instead have honed

Every song on it is great

brimming with personal history

which seems a rare thing in this age where records course forth without wires

Mellow but upbeat

sometimes improvised music

The idea of an album of Gerard Love songs burned for a long time until eventually label enthusiasm prevailed

Michael Nyman and Der Plan

as melodic as anything Cooper has produced but framed by rhythms and instrumentation that reflect the chaos

perspectives

At an early stage in his career

Newell once again forgot about music until a young man named Andy McQueen offered Newell an interesting deal: though there would be little money

CompilationCountry: UKReleased: 2006