Product Description

London-based teenage indie pop outfit Cajun Dance Party release their long-awaited and highly-anticipated debut album 'The Colourful Life'. Packed full of whimsical tales of love and youth, Daniel Blumberg's vocals are brought to life by scattering jangly guitars and atmospheric synths. Produced byBernard Butler, it's a remarkably accomplished first outing. Singles include 'Amylase'.

Track Listing

1. Colourful Life
2. Race
3. Time Falls
4. Next Untouchable
5. No Joanna
6. Amylase
7. Firework
8. Buttercups
9. Hill The View And The Lights

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1121 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-28
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Is it just me....?
i noticed someone else likened them to The Kooks, which is true. But really am I the only one who thinks that this is actually Robert Smith singing!? - perhaps under a psydonym or maybe his offspring? - If you like The Cure (Head on The Door stuff) then you'll be charmed by this - they are so similar it's unbelievable. But nice that someone is carrying on The Cure banner.

Kooks soundalike surpasses Kooks 2nd LP
C'mon, who hasn't noticed how much they sound like The Kooks? They even look like them! The good news, however, is that there is more style, musicality, and emotion communicated here than on The Kooks second LP so for those who were disappointed with the forgettable sophomore effort by The Kooks (who seem to be working extra hard at getting on the radio at the expense of creativity) you should purchase The Colourful Life. The album is delicious! Buy it for track 3 alone! Time Falls is intimate and beautiful and gradually builds to a soulful white-boy sound with harmonies not unlike those found on the (only) LP by The New Radicals. This album is consistently fresh and moving. My only criticism is actually in the sound of the sometimes meandering noodling lead guitar that doesn't work in songs like The Next Untouchable. Take some lessons, learn to build your single line riffs into textural parts, etc. Great album, kids!

Good potential on first showing...
Cajun Dance Party - took a while to listen to this purely because of the name, I was think it would be another Klaxons clone - thankfully it is not.

A mature effort from the teenagers here, especially on the album standout No Joanna. There is great potential for their second album (which is due this year in October). Hopefully they can improve and score a second good album where so many bands are struggling to follow up impressive debuts LP's at present.
The opener Colourful life is a good indie-pop song which bops away to a pleasent three and a half minutes, The Race likewise is pure pop music and a good enough single - the album follows suit moving at similar pace, only Amylase doesn't hit the spot for me. All in all, an album which is not life-changing but certainly more enjoyable than pain-inducing.

Only 9 songs meaning the album is on the short side but this is compensated in the price. Here's hoping for more in October.

3 and a half out of five.