A Dream in Sound | ||||
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Released | 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Indie pop, indie rock | |||
Label | Arena Rock Recording Company/Elephant 6 | |||
Producer | Dave Fridmann | |||
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Spin | 7/10[4] |
A Dream in Sound is an album by the indie rock band Elf Power.[5][6] It was released in 1999 via Arena Rock Recording Company/Elephant 6.[7]
"Jane" was released as a single on Shifty Disco.
The album was produced by Dave Fridmann.[4][8] It was recorded in Fredonia, New York.[6]
Trouser Press wrote that "with the almost orchestral sweep of this now-richly textured music, A Dream in Sound is a huge step beyond Elf Power’s relatively thin earlier albums, but Fridmann’s fingerprints are all over it, making the album considerably less distinctive and original."[8] The Chicago Tribune thought that "Andrew Rieger's sweetly plaintive voice gives the band's lilting melodies an air of hopeful melancholy, and if a few of the band's lyrical flights of fancy don't quite lift off, the songs on this disc rarely fail to charm."[9]