Released
1998
Label
Negative Nine
Reviewed by
Ben Didier
Contact
A New January
P.O. Box 1835
Arington Heights, IL 60006-1835
USA
Last Edit/Update
February 08, 1999
A New January
After Clothes
Track Listing
1. After Clothes
2. Partially Unbroken
3. After Clothes - Jim Marcus Remix
4. Shallow Expectations (Revelation)
5. After Clothes - Deep Remix
6. Virtues
7. Green
8. After Clothes - Raw Version
9. Forever In A Day - Live
This is the second full length release from A New January, following up their '96 debut "Patchwork Shadows". Although they denounce the synth-pop tag, a large portion of their music contains the catchy pop sensibilities rampant within that genre. They prefer to call themselves "Digital Electro Dance", and although it's yet another confusing sub-sub-catagory, it does seem to do their music justice. Their sound is very accessible, which is to be expected since they claim to be "electronica personified". The untreated vocals are very pronounced, and seem to deliver the majority of the melody within the music. The percussion is up beat and well structured, which varies from slight break beats to what sounds like a bongo at the start "Partially Unbroken". This disk contains three remixes of the title track, including one by Die Warzau mainstay Jim Marcus that focuses on beefing up the percussion and adding a funky synth line. "After Clothes" is basically a quality album of strong, emotive pop music for the electro fan.
