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Puddle City Racing Lights | 
| Artist: Windmill
Label: Melodic
Category: Music
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 57230
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.3
UPC: 666017153223
EAN: 0666017153223
ASIN: B000MGAXZY
Release Date: March 31, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Tokyo Moon | | • | Boarding Lounges | | • | Fluorescent Lights | | • | Newsflash | | • | Plastic Pre Flight Seats | | • | Planning Stopped | | • | Asthmatic | | • | Fashion House | | • | Plasticine Plugs | | • | Tilting Trains | | • | Fit | | • | Replace Me |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Something different, for a change August 28, 2008
I first heard Tokyo Moon and was absolutely blown apart. I thought Windmill must have been American, due to the completely different sound that they had created, and I was astounded to find out they were from England! Where we have to put up with a repeat of the Arctic Monkeys in every "new" band we hear on the radio, hearing Windmill is a refreshing change.
The stand out songs on the album I would say are: Tokyo Moon, Flourescent Lights, The Planning Stopped, Asthmatic, Plasticine Plugs and Fit. I'm not saying that the other songs on the album are just filler, in fact they create the glue that makes this whole album extremely accessible.
A quick point to round up my review, is Matthew Dillon's voice. It's very interesting to listen to and suits the music and dynamics of the songs.
A top class album, I hope it does well and pushes Windmill onto greater success!
Find of the Year (to date) July 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Hadn't heard of Windmill until it was flagged up as an Amazon recommendation. Sometimes they come good so did a search to see what was on Youtube and stumbled across Tokyo Moon. I realised the tune was banging away at the back of my head for several days afterwards, which is always a good sign so took the plunge and handed over my sterling for this album. Money well spent, not a weak track on it, original tunes, lyrics, and dare I mention it, vocals. You have to take time with it, another good sign, but this is an excellent debut by any standards.
Best and most original CD of 2008 so far. May 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Idiosyncratic, quirky and utterly beguiling. Once you get past Matt's unique vocals you will fall deeply and completely in love with the fabulous tunes and heartfelt nature of every song. Sometime joyous at other times heartbreaking. Something about this album just draws you in a sits like an immovable object deep in your brain. These song will definately be my soundtrack for the summer of 2008.
 Idiosyncratic singer songwriter with an album well worthy of attention February 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The reviewer who likened Windmill to Neil Young fronting the Flaming Lips ,or something like that, is spot on because that is exactly what Windmill sound like. Matthew Thomas Dillon who to all ends and purposes is Windmill has a voice , like a more fragile on the edge James Blunt ,that will alienate a lot of listeners-as another review proves- but if you can get past that there is plenty on Puddle City Racing Lights worth paying attention to. Just don't try singing along .
Most of the songs are centred around plangent piano but that is only a framework on which a fulsome array of instrumentation is draped. Thickly corded strings ,keyboards, brass , harmonium , guitars , fleshy percussion and intermittent vocal backing give most of the songs a staunch structure. Some nice tunes help as well.
So when it all gels like on "Asthmatic", "Tokyo Moon", "Boarding Lounges" or "Fluorescent Lights" the album has a slightly quirky dynamic quality . The melodies are all slightly off kilter and their skewed appeal may prove elusive at first but persevere and a song like "Plasticine Plugs" with its stop/start percussive arrangement starts to approximate sense. Some songs however , and they tend to be the more sparse tracks like "The Planning Stopped" or "Tilting Trains", lack the sonic invention and vigour of the rest of the album. It doesn't help that these songs tend to highlight Dillon's vocal limitations either.
"Puddle City Racing Lights" is a wonderfully idiosyncratic album with an emotional magnetism helped by some clever arch lyrics. There are also traces of Mercury Rev, Plush(Another hugely individual singer .songwriter) Arcade Fire...you could even make a case for Joanna Newsome. What is under no doubt that here is an artist very much standing apart from the usual raft of troubadour singer songwriter types and that alone makes him worthy of attention.
 Unfortunately.... December 30, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
despite the lovely original music, the man who is singing the songs sounds like James Blunt has taken helium and transformed into a chipmunk who has smoked 60 a day for 10 years. His voice really ruins the record for me and that's such a shame.
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