“Don’t Hold Out On Me”, Modulator
“Don’t Hold Out On Me”, Modulator
What do you call a CD with three songs that is just a little over ten minutes? A mini-EP? EP Lite?
It is too bad there are not more, because these three songs are really good. Modulator does sunny electric pop. As their website says (www.modulator.org), “Modulator is a five-member band from Houston, Texas that combines American guitar rock with European synth-pop.” And despite the difference in the two styles, they put them together in a seamless mix, with nothing out of place.
The web site says that the CD will be only three dollars when it is released this summer, which is at least OK price wise. They also have another four-song, self-titled EP available. Why don’t they combine them into one EP? Why do they do Europop when so many bands in Europe want to sound like they are from Texas? Why does their web site end in “.org”, which is supposed to be reserved for non-profits?
I don’t have the answers, just this clever ending quote: “Don’t Hold Out On Me” does just that in terms of quantity of songs, but not in quality.
- Dave Howell
(This article first appeared in the FMSound music site.)
What do you call a CD with three songs that is just a little over ten minutes? A mini-EP? EP Lite?
It is too bad there are not more, because these three songs are really good. Modulator does sunny electric pop. As their website says (www.modulator.org), “Modulator is a five-member band from Houston, Texas that combines American guitar rock with European synth-pop.” And despite the difference in the two styles, they put them together in a seamless mix, with nothing out of place.
The web site says that the CD will be only three dollars when it is released this summer, which is at least OK price wise. They also have another four-song, self-titled EP available. Why don’t they combine them into one EP? Why do they do Europop when so many bands in Europe want to sound like they are from Texas? Why does their web site end in “.org”, which is supposed to be reserved for non-profits?
I don’t have the answers, just this clever ending quote: “Don’t Hold Out On Me” does just that in terms of quantity of songs, but not in quality.
- Dave Howell
(This article first appeared in the FMSound music site.)