| Hello June Fool | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Label | Thirsty Ear | |||
| Producer | Billy Coté | |||
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Hello June Fool is an album by the American band Madder Rose, released in 1999. [1] The album peaked at No. 41 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. [2] Madder Rose supported it with UK and North American tours. [3] [4]
Lead guitarist Billy Coté wrote or cowrote the majority of the album's songs; he thought that many were about the oppressive rather than enjoyable aspects of summer. [5] [6] The sound of Hello June Fool was influenced by trip hop, with "Train" incorporating the style of dub reggae. [7] [8]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Daily Mail | [10] |
| The Independent | [11] |
| NME | 8/10 [12] |
| Pitchfork | 7.1/10 [13] |
| The Times | 6/10 [14] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music | [15] |
Pitchfork noted that "the warm narcotic haze of the guitars envelops you like an old blanket, but Mary Lorson's vocals, still cold as ice-nine, keep you from passing out completely." [13] The Daily Mail determined that "the hypnotic hooks of their debut album, Bring It Down, are missing." [10] NME said that "Madder Rose have liberated the breezy beauty that has long bubbled under their smokiest torch songs." [12]
The Guardian opined that "Lorson's voice has made the transition from otherworldly to bored." [16] The Independent wrote that "it's a rambling whole and Mary Lorson's vocals lack their usual conviction." [11] Newsday said that "Madder Rose resonates like an amalgam of the worst Mazzy Star-Cowboy Junkies pap imaginable." [5] The Chicago Tribune noted that the "songs don't rock so much as they shimmer with a warm, end-of-summer psychedelia." [17]
AllMusic concluded that "there's a definite air of wistful, smoky mystery throughout Hello June Fool, almost suggesting the touch of such acts as Portishead and Massive Attack." [9]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Feels Like Summer" | |
| 2. | "Overflow" | |
| 3. | "Hotel" | |
| 4. | "Fade" | |
| 5. | "Goodbye June Fool" | |
| 6. | "Something" | |
| 7. | "You Remember" | |
| 8. | "Should Have Known" | |
| 9. | "Talking to Myself" | |
| 10. | "Train" | |
| 11. | "Dark Rain" |
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