A Closed Universe:The Merediths

Title: A Closed Universe

Label: Debauchery

Genre: pop (slightly psychedelic)

Rating: 5.9 of 7

And so begins the era of My Space band promotion… the Merediths, a five piece out of Louisville, KY have gained a lot of attention from the internet stalking-lite service. On A Closed Universe, the self-producing and self-engineering band are paying an homage to the psychedelic pop pioneers of what I am sure makes up most of their cd collection. And to tell you the truth, their layered pop compositions do the genre well. They even scrape together a few classic rock (see guitar solo in Right There) and country/folk (an abudance of slide guitar on Homo Erectus) on a few of the tracks. Much in the same way Dios Malos writes songs, the Merediths bounce out 5 pop-tacular tracks here in their first somewhat major release. I can also hear a lot of similarities to the indie twang of bands like the Shins. I think it is time for the country to experience what Louisville has been keeping secret.

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