Icarus (The Forms album) explained

Icarus
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Forms
Cover:	TheForms-Icarus.jpg
Released:	February 4, 2003
Genre:	Pop rock, indie rock
Length:	18:12
Label:	Threespheres
Producer:	Steve Albini
Next Title:	The Forms
Next Year:	2007

Icarus is the first studio album by The Forms, produced by Steve Albini^[1] ^[2] and released on February 4, 2003.

Track listing

"Stel" - 0:57
"Stel (Continued)" - 1:24
"Innizar" - 0:15
"Innizar (Continued)" - 3:28
"Sunday" - 2:22
"Sunday (Continued)" - 0:30
"Seagull" - 1:36
"Classical" - 3:43
"Stravinsky" - 1:52
"Black Metal" - 1:41

Reception

Upon release, Icarus gained generally positive reviews,^[3] and critics compared the band favorably to early-emo rock group Sunny Day Real Estate.^[4] Mac Randall of The New York Observer described the band as "aggro-artsy trio fond of awkward time signatures, sly rhythmic manipulation, curlicuing vocal lines, and giving one song two separate track numbers for no obvious reason... [T]hese guys make a virtue out of attention-deficit disorder." PopMatters called the band "one of the most exciting, if not one of the best, new acts in indie rock right now."^[5]

Notes and References

Terlesky, John (February 6, 2003). "Brooklyn-based Forms adds new content to emo-rock", The Morning Call, p. E14.
Machosky, Michael (June 27, 2003). "Taking Forms", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved on 2009-07-05.
Proskocil, Niz (January 15, 2004). "Heavenly success for the Forms", Omaha World-Herald, p. GO10.
Randall, Mac (March 17, 2003). "My Two Cents on 50 Cent, Lovett, Massive Attack, Other 'Pokey' CD's", The New York Observer, p. 19.
Jagernauth, Kevin (October 16, 2003). "The Forms: Icarus", PopMatters. Retrieved on 2009-07-05.