Opening Flower Happy Bird - The Projectionist
Reviewed by david
Richmond/Chapel Hill duo Opening Flower Happy Bird takes a successful stab at fun electro-pop, but it’s not the sleazy, acid-induced hipster kind; it’s also not The Postal Service. Thankfully The Projectionist meets somewhere in the middle, but that’s not to say it’s a middle-of-the-road album. It’s almost like a minimalist version of The Sunlandic Twins, propelled by drum machines, loopy melodies and rhythms that can be danced to—though it’s more suited for a group of friends bouncing around in the park with a boom box as opposed to some nasty club. Very cool. [www.myspace.com]