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Rating: The Van Pelt knew what they were doing when they decided to title their debut "Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves."
If it is true that the best artist is the one who is able to steal in order to reformulate, we can safely say that the Van Pelt were among the greatest thieves of the nineties. Moving within the coordinates of an extremely emotional Indie Rock, these four anti-heroes manage to craft a totally personal formula, albeit with obvious and inevitable references (Sonic Youth, Pavement).
It's an alchemy that takes no prisoners, deep and passionate, founded as it is on the grim guitar work of Chris Leo, capable of both derailing into grandiose crescendos and ecstatic arpeggios. But most importantly, the songs (the Songs): nine explosive anthems, able to cover multiple fronts and offer different interpretations, from the imposing rhythm of "His Saxophone Is My Guitar", to the melodic hooks of "It's A Suffering", passing through the anthemic drive of "It's New To Me", up to the burgeoning melancholy of "Turning Twenty Into Two".
"Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves" is steeped in youth, emotion, and adolescent poetry. Words are unnecessary, you just have to let yourself be captivated. Few independent releases have reached these heights in the nineties.
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