TOY / TOY
Artist TOY
Album Title: TOY
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Rock: Psychedelic Rock
Format CD
Released 09/10/2012
Label Heavenly
Catalog No HVNLP94CD
Bar Code No 6 02537 10073 6
Packaging Cardboard Gatefold
Tracks
1. Colours Running Out (3:54)
2. The Reasons Why (3:55)
3. Dead & Gone (7:40)
4. Lose My Way (4:26)
5. Drifting Deeper (4:55)
6. Motoring (4:34)
7. Heart Skips A Beat (4:24)
8. Strange (4:54)
9. Make It Mine (3:54)
10. Omni (1:28)
11. Walk Up To Me (4:07)
12. Kopter (9:51)
Date Acquired 10/31/2017
Personal Rating
Acquired from bestcdhead (Amazon)
Purchase Price 11.21

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Notes

Cd housed in cardboard gatefold sleeve. No booklet.
Artwork [Cover] – Leif Podhansky
Artwork, Design – Sean Gallagher
Bass, Vocals – Maxim Barron
Drums, Vocals – Charlie Salvidge
Engineer – Alexis Smith, Oli Bayston
Guitar [Guitars] – Dominic O'Dair
Mixed By – Dan Carey
Photography By – Steve Gullick
Producer – Ant Theaker (tracks: 6), Dan Carey (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 12)
Synth [Synths] – Alejandra Diez
Vocals, Guitar – Tom Dougall
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Heavenly Recordings
Copyright (c) – Heavenly Recordings
Licensed To – V2 Music Ltd.
Licensed To – Cooperative Music
Made By – EDC, Germany – 52969430

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DR           Peak          RMS            Duration Track
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DR7          0.00 dB     -8.59 dB       3:54 01 - Colours Running Out
DR6          0.00 dB     -8.06 dB       3:55 02 - Reasons Why
DR6          0.00 dB     -7.93 dB       7:40 03 - Dead & Gone
DR7          0.00 dB     -8.34 dB       4:26 04 - Lose My Way
DR6          0.00 dB     -7.88 dB       4:55 05 - Drifting Deeper
DR7          0.00 dB     -8.64 dB       4:34 06 - Motoring
DR6          0.00 dB     -8.46 dB       4:24 07 - My Heart Skips a Beat
DR8          0.00 dB     -9.67 dB       4:54 08 - Strange
DR7          0.00 dB     -8.65 dB       3:54 09 - Make It Mine
DR12      -0.02 dB   -16.47 dB       1:28 10 - Omni
DR7          0.00 dB     -9.60 dB       4:07 11 - Walk Up to Me
DR7          0.00 dB     -8.07 dB       9:51 12 - Kopter
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR7
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 1041 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews
AllMusic Review by Heather Phares:

After hearing TOY's self-titled debut, it's not surprising that the band has ties to S.C.U.M. and especially the Horrors, since at several points this album sounds like a rougher version of that band's breakthrough, Primary Colours. All three of these groups mix shoegaze, Krautrock, and psych-rock in a hypnotically swirled blend, but TOY sounds like the scrappier kid brothers and sisters to those more established bands -- in a good way, mostly. At their best, TOY churn out trippy yet aerodynamic rock like the previous single "Colours Running Out," which, with its zooming guitars and putdown lyrics like "I'm all you ever talk about," has the kind of snotty attitude that launched many a garage/psych-punk hit back in the '60s. "Dead & Gone" is another too-cool-for-school winner that chugs along on a subtle motorik groove before heading for the stratosphere. Interestingly, unlike many of their contemporaries, TOY do expansive jams like the ten-minute album closer, "Kopter," really well, and perhaps even better than their attempts at concise pop songs. Too often on TOY, it feels like the band is trying to fit into a more straightforward mold than catering to their strengths: softer songs such as "My Heart Skips a Beat" show that they're not as convincing at vulnerability as they are at being cool, although "The Reasons Why" does capture the more languorous, going blank again side of shoegaze. The meandering "Walk Up to Me" and "Drifting Deeper" aren't as immediate as TOY's driving songs or as interesting as their more experimental ones, like the aptly named "Strange," a bit of dark, post-punk trippiness that suggests Chairs Missing-era Wire with an emphasis on the whammy bar. Several of TOY's best moments happen when the band manages to balance all its conflicting impulses, as on the equally weird and catchy "Make It Mine" or "Motoring," another previous single that captures the energy of the group's more expansive tracks in a more traditional structure without feeling too constrained. Ultimately, TOY is a portrait of a band at a crossroads: TOY can either pursue the more accessible but less interesting direction of their ballads, or dive deeper into the wilder fringes of their music. While they need to focus more, there's enough potential here to ensure that there's plenty to choose from.
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