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Team Genius "Team Genius"

Oct 16, 2008, 2:51pm

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For those looking for a indie campfire sing-along, I give you Team Genius, who released the Hooray EP earlier this year and have now put out a full length CD. If you are into funky falsettos, blissful choruses, tonal experiments of some fairly primitive music, you'll have a lot of fun with this group. But that doesn't mean they don't create some addictive pop too. Team Genius provides irreverent indie pop for the ipod generation. The opener "Take Me Home" showcases it's strength in melody and instrumental skill similar to Matt Mahaffey (Self). This is followed by the GBV-like "Surely [...]

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