The Last Match (album)

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The Last Match
The Aislers Set - The Last Match.jpg
Studio album by
The Aislers Set
ReleasedJune 6, 2000 (2000-06-06)
StudioBand members' home studios
Genre Indie pop
Length35:43
LanguageEnglish
Label Slumberland Records
The Aislers Set chronology
Terrible Things Happen
(1998)		The Last Match
(2000)		 How I Learned to Write Backwards
(2003)

The Last Match is the second full-length studio album by American indie pop band The Aislers Set, released by Slumberland Records in 2000. It has received positive reviews from critics.

Contents

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Tim DiGravina writing that the band's style rises above its pop influences, such as Pet Sounds and His Name Is Alive and while he continued that "the album suffers due to the band's style browsing, these songs "suggest... that there's a great album lurking just beyond their influences and retro desires". [1] At Exclaim! , Cam Lindsey reviewed all three of the band's full-length studio albums upon their 2014 rerelease, scoring them a 9 out of 10, stating that this album has more of a band feel than the previous album that was dominated by songwriter and vocalist Amy Linton which brings "more cohesion to the songs". [2] Editors at Pitchfork scored this release 8.1 out of 10 and critic Jason Heller called this release a "near-perfect unpacking of" the band's influences and continued that "listening to the album is like popping bubble wrap, and just as satisfyingly addictive". [3] Writing for PopMatters in 2014, John L. Murphy rated the band's first two albums a 7 out of 10 and characterized it as "a challenge that perplexes as well as pleases the listener" that "can feel epic, if uneven, too". [4] Jim Glauner wrote an overview of the band for Trouser Press where he called The Last Match "better realized and more self-assured" than the debut. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Amy Linton, except where noted.

  1. "The Way to Market Station" – 3:13
  2. "Hit the Snow" – 2:45
  3. "Chicago New York" (Wyatt Cusick) – 2:21
  4. "One Half Laughing" – 2:02
  5. "Been Hiding" – 2:03
  6. "Balloon Song" (The 14 Iced Bears) – 2:40
  7. "Lonely Side of Town" (Cusick) – 1:50
  8. "Last Match" – 3:12
  9. "Christmas Song" [liner notes state that the song "wrote itself"] – 2:14
  10. "The Walk" (Linton and Dustin Reske) – 2:53
  11. "The Red Door" – 2:47
  12. "Fairnt Chairnt" – 2:50
  13. "We Give Up" (Cusick) – 1:57
  14. "Bang Bang Bang" – 3:03

Personnel

"The Way to Market Station"

"Hit the Snow"

"Chicago New York"

"One Half Laughing"

"Been Hiding"

"Balloon Song"

"Lonely Side of Town"

"Last Match"

"Christmas Song"

"The Walk"

"The Red Door"

"Fairnt Chairnt"

"We Give Up"

"Bang Bang Bang"

Additional personnel

See also

References

  1. ↑ DiGravina, Tim (n.d.). "The Last Match – The Aisler Set". AllMusic . RhythmOne . Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ Lindsay, Cam (September 29, 2014). "The Aisler Set". Exclaim! . ISSN   1207-6600 . Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  3. ↑ Heller, Jason (September 30, 2014). "The Aislers Set: Terrible Things Happen/The Last Match/How I Learned to Write Backwards Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork . Condé Nast . Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ Murphy, John L. (October 24, 2014). "The Aislers Set: Terrible Things Happen and The Last Match". Reviews. PopMatters . Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  5. ↑ Glauner, Jim (n.d.). "Aisler Set". Trouser Press . ISSN   0164-1883 . Retrieved May 14, 2024.
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