The Terrordactyls – The Mike Bowers EP
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04/12/08 Lebananon College Annville, PA
04/13/08 Wholly Craft Columbus, OH 04/14/08 Dreamland Theater Ypsilanti, MI 04/15/08 Chicago, Illinois 04/16/08 Palindrome House Madison, WI 04/17/08 Belfry Center Minneapolis, MN 04/18/08 Omaha, Nebraska 04/19/08 Manatee Manor Boulder, CO 04/20/08 Rhinoceropolis Denver, CO 04/21/08 Boing Collective Salt Lake City, UT 04/22/08 Sweet House Show Boise, ID 04/23/08 Richland, Washington 04/24/08 Sweet Tree House Vancouver, WA 04/25/08 ABC House Olympia, WA 04/26/08 Vera Project Seattle, WA Discography
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The first time I saw The Terrordactyls‘s self-titled album, I almost exploded at how cool the pop-up album was! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that before! It was/is beyond cool.
It looks like they’ve done it again with The Mike Bowers EP. Now I’ve already listened to all the songs, but it just seems more special to get the package.
First of all, the EP is see-through! It’s cooler than what I can describe, you should really watch the video to get the full effect.
On top of that, you also get two baseball-type trading cards of Michael Cadiz & Tyrel Stendahl.
All the songs are covers of The Pharmacy, which I still haven’t heard the originals. Although I would hazard a guess that the ‘Dactyls version are more stripped down.
As I previously mentioned, I thought the Simon & Garfunklesque “Overcast Summer” is the best song on the EP, but the kazoo (and xylophone?) made “Growing Old” a close second.
The truth is none of these songs are bad!
If you’re at all interested in happy lo-fi pop/folky songs (like in the recent Juno soundtrack, especially because of the duet with Kimya Dawson on “Devices”), you should definitely give The Terrordactyls a try.
They’re also in the middle of their Spring tour, and (shock!) they’re coming here to Minneapolis. I have no idea where The Belfry Center is, but, trust me, I’ll definitely show up.
And although “Prince” isn’t about singer/entertainer Prince, I sure hope they dedicate this song to him when they’re in Minneapolis.
Pick up some of The Terrordactyls latest EP at Don’t Stop Believin’ or, I have made it really easy by embedding the “Terrordactyls R Us” store here.
Watch the video:
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