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- Artist(s): James Singleton, Darcy Caputo, Kathleen Singleton, Lucrecia D. Dalt
- Summary: The third album for the Washington-state native features a variety of influences, ranging from 1950's songs to the TV series Twin Peaks.
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- Record Label: Stones Throw
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Dance-Pop, Electro
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May 12, 2011For the eccentric young artist, James Pants once again makes the statement that Pants' music has made many times before-he creates to celebrate his bizarre style, carefree of the expectations of mainstream audiences and trends.
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May 12, 2011Pants wraps everything effectively in a dreamy fizziness that softens some of the stranger dark edges, but he doesn't hide his increasing interest in pop song construction.
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May 12, 2011Weird as it is, this is his most exciting work yet.
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May 12, 2011The tracks seem to have hidden reserves, pockets within pockets; they develop hooks in weird places. Sweetness suddenly emerges out of fuzzy slime, and startling emotions rise from merely cool ones.
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May 12, 2011A slightly sinister brand of enigma is a key component of his shtick, but it's hard not to wonder what this leftfield pop talent might come up with if he were asked to produce something a bit more crisp and definite.
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May 12, 2011James Pants is his third album, less goofy and party-focused than 2008's Welcome, and a little less brooding and funky than 2009's Seven Seals.
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May 12, 2011Too many of these tracks sound like empty afterthoughts, or half-baked studio incarnations, needing more embellishment or maybe just a general reimagining.