http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4206&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rssOne of the 4AD label's more reliantly experimental acts in the '90s, His Name is Alive have gone from recording avant-garde snippets around ghost-like melodies to recording paeans to the Beach Boys as well as to classic soul and girl groups. At their onset, the band were lumped in with the dreamy, darkly hued sound of other 4AD acts the Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil. While certainly not an inaccurate description, the band seemed to have a desire to involve themselves in wider pop experimentation. On tracks "Are We Still Married?" from <I>Home Is In Your Head</i> (1992) and "Can't Go Wrong Without You" from <I>Mouth By Mouth</I> (1993). Warren Defever's sparse, haunting arrangements and Karin Oliver's high-pitched, echoing vocals gelled to an eerie precision. When they emerged in '96 with <I>Stars On E.S.P.</I>, they had forsaken most of their pretensions to delve wholeheartedly into the pop formulas they had been flirting with. Defever's increasing skill as a studio wizard has seen each of their successive releases become unpredictable while retaining an air of pop's grandiose luster. - Jon PruettDream Popen720Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:47:43 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4206&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss One of the 4AD label's more reliantly experimental acts in the '90s, His Name is Alive have gone from recording avant-garde snippets around ghost-like melodies to recording paeans to the Beach Boys as well as to classic soul and girl groups. At their onset, the band were lumped in with the dreamy, darkly hued sound of other 4AD acts the Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil. While certainly not an inaccurate description, the band seemed to have a desire to involve themselves in wider pop experimentation. On tracks "Are We Still Married?" from <I>Home Is In Your Head</i> (1992) and "Can't Go Wrong Without You" from <I>Mouth By Mouth</I> (1993). Warren Defever's sparse, haunting arrangements and Karin Oliver's high-pitched, echoing vocals gelled to an eerie precision. When they emerged in '96 with <I>Stars On E.S.P.</I>, they had forsaken most of their pretensions to delve wholeheartedly into the pop formulas they had been flirting with. Defever's increasing skill as a studio wizard has seen each of their successive releases become unpredictable while retaining an air of pop's grandiose luster. - Jon Pruett http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3291370&variant=play&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss Dream Pop Tue, 5 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by His Name Is Alive on Rhapsody Online 3291370 tra.3291370 His Name Is Alive art.4206 0.99 Last Night alb.270304 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/1/7/6/556714_170x170.jpg 2002-11-05 00:00:00.0 2002-11-05 00:00:00.0 true Deep tra.3291370 62000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3291370&variant=play&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3291370&variant=data&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3291371&variant=play&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss Dream Pop Tue, 5 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by His Name Is Alive on Rhapsody Online 3291371 tra.3291371 His Name Is Alive art.4206 0.99 Last Night alb.270304 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/1/7/6/556714_170x170.jpg 2002-11-05 00:00:00.0 2002-11-05 00:00:00.0 true Last Night tra.3291371 491000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3291371&variant=play&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3291371&variant=data&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3291375&variant=play&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss Dream Pop Tue, 5 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by His Name Is Alive on Rhapsody Online 3291375 tra.3291375 His Name Is Alive art.4206 0.99 Last Night alb.270304 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/1/7/6/556714_170x170.jpg 2002-11-05 00:00:00.0 2002-11-05 00:00:00.0 true I Been Good Up Till Now tra.3291375 194000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3291375&variant=play&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3291375&variant=data&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16235750&variant=play&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss Dream Pop Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by His Name Is Alive on Rhapsody Online 16235750 tra.16235750 His Name Is Alive art.4206 0.99 Firefly Dragonfly alb.16232943 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/9/6/1096964_170x170.jpg 2007-09-24 00:00:00.0 2007-09-24 00:00:00.0 true I Can See A Lot Of Light In You tra.16235750 240000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16235750&variant=play&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16235750&variant=data&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.486375&variant=play&rws=%2Fhis-name-is-alive%2Ftop-tracks.rss Dream Pop Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by His Name Is Alive on Rhapsody Online 486375 tra.486375 His Name Is Alive art.4206 0.99 Ft. 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