Track Listing

1. Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)
2. Big Sur
3. Don't Steal Our Sun
4. Deckchairs And Cigarettes
5. One Horse Town
6. Old Friends, New Lovers
7. Say It Ain't So
8. Hollywood Kids
9. Just Travelling Through
10. Your Love Is Like Las Vegas
11. 'Til The Tide Creeps In/Plans

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7650 in Music
• Released on: 2003-06-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

CD Description
'So Much For The City' is the debut album by Dublin five-piece, The Thrills. Their sound is influenced by US West Coastacts of the 60's and 70's such as Buffalo Springfield and The Beach Boys - and the majority of the album was recorded in California. The singles, 'Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)', 'Big Sur' and 'One Horse Town' are all included.

Customer Reviews

A good album but whats all the fuss about
This is a really nice album.Good musicians.Good vocals.And some quite nice songs.But with the amount of press focus and general media attention i was expecting something more than a nice album.I was expecting a great album.An exellent album.
Unfortunately i did not get that.I got three good tracks "Santa Cruz" "Say it ain't so" and "One Horse Town".And one great track:"Big Sur".But I was still very disapointed.I dont really listen to the album past track seven anymore.

However if you are just lounging about on a Sunday morning it is a pleasant start to the day.

Pure pop perfection
With this album, The Thrills have created an immediately likeable collection of effortless pop tunes. From the catchy opening track, Santa Cruz, you're carried away on a summer holiday as singer Conor Deasy croons about familiar American locations.
No doubt you've read in every other review about The Thrills that their sound pays homage to the era of West Coast and The Beach Boys and it works well for them in this breezy collection. The singles One Horse Town and Big Sur are a good indication of the other songs on the album so if you liked those, you're bound to love this. But at the same time, the more catchy, upbeat tunes are tempered by more melancholic sounding songs such as on the achingly beautiful Deckchairs and Cigarettes.
This is the perfect soundtrack to the summer with breezy, sunshiney tunes to lie back and enjoy.

Excellent Stuff!
This has got to be the best sound for the summer! It's just the happiest, easiest, summer sound from the very first time you hear it. If you like the surfing sound of The Beach Boys and the raw sound of The Saw Doctors this is the album to listen to. Well, I would like to listen to it but my 13 year old son seems to think its his... no chance!!