The Stratford 4

By - Jul 1st, 2003 02:52 pm

By Jeremy Saperstein

An activist San Francisco who combine an echoey, distorted sound with tight songwriting and boy-girl vocals? Nah, it couldn’t be!

The Stratford 4 formed from the same roots as fave rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, but give us a dreamier, poppier sound that’s reminiscent of the shoegazer bands of the 80s and 90s while never stooping to pure copying, gracefully entwining sinewy guitar leads with blast of fuzzed out rhythm.

Others will hear suggestions of Hoboken’s sometime noise merchants in Yo La Tengo — probably owing more to the S4’s way with a pop tune and their lack of fear of atmospheric freakouts and loud, distorted guitars (the CD title is a good shorthand description of the contents).

Jetset Records

Categories: 2003-07 Vital Source Mag - July 2003, Rock

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  1. Anonymous says:
    July 28, 2012 at 1:49 am

    I think what Damian said is excellent ….people who have to travel or live in foreign places should receive these little trinkets and notes of love from home things sent with real feeling and meaning. I wish the average Brit were so creative!

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