A little Roxy drama, a little Pavement haze. Lou Reed goeth before The Fall. Baroque synths, wiry guitars, drum machines with soul.

5 MP3 Songs in this album (16:44) !
Related styles: Pop: Synth Pop, Rock: College Rock, Mood: Intellectual

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Details:
Jonah Flicker (guitars), Marc Linquist (vocals, beats, guitars, synths, melodica), Staci Roark (synths, vocals).

Recorded, produced and mixed by Thailand in the fall and winter of 2007/2008 (and into the spring) in an old Craftsman in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California. Mastered by Dave Cooley.

Songs by M. Linquist (BMI). (c) and (p) Thailand 2008. Cover design by S. Roark. Disc design by Bill Green.


Reviews:

Performer Magazine
"As a follow-up to 2007's Motorcade, the band's full-length debut, [The Remote Controller Absorbs the Place] ups the ante for synth-based pop by evoking emotionally resonant melodies and intelligent, politically adept lyrics that rival the best of folk classics."

Classical Geek Theatre
"On 'Favorite Sun,' the first track of Thailand's new EP The Remote Controller Absorbs the Place, Thailand lays out the perfect introduction for their sound: structure and passion in a deadlocked duel, pushing on each other, back and forth. Both sides come back from near defeat at one point or another, and neither one wins in the end, an end that comes about four or five songs too soon."

Berkeley Place
"Marc Linquist is, frankly, one of the best indie rock (new new wave) songwriters performing today. He's a fantastic abstract lyricist....He writes powerful music as well, and his bandmates Jonah Flicker (on guitars) and Staci Roark (synths, vocals) are perfect by his side, all of them playing together, incredibly tight. The band manages to be lucid and soaring without being shoegazy, and their debut album, Motorcade, was my pick for the third best indie album of 2007."

Feed Your Head
"[Thailand's] catchy, clean, post-punk indie-rock sound is contrasted with some really thoughtful lyric writing....I was especially impressed with the song 'Heartland Failure' (gotta love the title) which isn't so much a protest song (is that a dirty word? too sixties?) as a current events song, where the anger is replaced by a certain objectivity....It illustrates so well how painful it is to be angry at your country."

Rock Sellout
"What I've always loved about this band is that every release sounds like they spent a month with my record collection before heading into the studio. The key ingredients are included in the recipe, but the dish merely reminds. It doesn't bore the senses. Wire, Bowie, Roxy Music, The Fall, you get the picture. Marc Linquist also has a way with words that makes you feel a little smarter after experiencing what he shares."