Aberdeen: Sink or Float
July 3rd, 2008 -- Posted in Twee Music | No Comments »If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
With their danceable indie pop styling that remained heartfelt at the same time, the three-piece of Aberdeen brought on their warm, minimal innocence to their native of North Hollywood, CA. With the lineup consisting of John (guitar/drum programming), Jenni (guitar/keyboard/vocals), and Beth (vocals/bass) providing a lyrical bliss of rainy days, Sarah Records first captured Aberdeen’s sound on the 1994 single Byron. But following the 1995 release of their second EP Snapdragon, the trio called it quits with Beth eventually moving on to form Casino Ashtrays. As time went by, Beth and John came back together and started recording in the spring of 2002 with former Mighty Lemon Drop David Newton, resulting in the full length Homesick and Happy to Be Here. Singles The Boy Has Gone Away and Florida followed several years later.
Homesick and Happy to Be Here is the only studio album released by Aberdeen. Released in 2002, it includes the song ‘Sink or Float’, which was featured in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and gave the band their biggest exposure yet.
Track listing
1. ‘Handsome Drink’ (3:16)
2. ‘Sink or Float’ (3:27)
3. ‘Clouds Like These’ (3:51)
4. ‘Sunny in California’ (3:50)
5. ‘Thousand Steps’ (5:22)
6. ‘Homesick’ (5:21)
7. ‘Cities & Buses’ (4:33)
8. ‘Drive’ (4:15)
9. ‘In My Sleep’ (4:50)
10. ‘That Cave… That Moon’ (5:52)
