CALAMINE: Calamine

Calamine

Calamine

© 1999 Calamine (619981024921)

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Charming, simple pop from the band that brought you the Sealab 2021 theme song.

tracks

1 Trampoline
2 Repulsion
3 Astronaut
4 Flicker
5 Document
6 Horse and Carriage

notes

"Shifting dynamics, ringing guitars and a thick, full sound let you wrap yourself up in these tunes as snuggly as a woolen blanket on a cold night." - Jim Testa of Jersey Beat

"If you listen to just one non-self-absorbed New York pop band this year (and parts of next year), it's got to be Calamine." - Eric Deckers of Indie-Music.com

Hear Calamine on Cartoon Network's Sealab 2021.

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  • You wont be dissapointed! Great album :)
    author: Neil

    How can you not smile when listening to this? Beautiful vocals and great music what more could you ask for? And now I've got their new album... :)

  • good cd
    author: Sarah

    Excellent CD, the tracks blend together well. =)

  • Calamine leaves me itching for more
    author: Stef Bacher

    I truly enjoyed this new sound and love the harmonizing that weaves in and out of these tracks. I can't wait for another album!

  • GOOD Pop
    author: Skipp

    This disc is everything pop music should be; simple and catchy, lyrically strong and free of cliches. Vocals and leads carry the songs through strong chord progressions and rhythms. Lyrics are very provoking of both thought and pure feeling ("Document"), and paint very vivid images in very few words ("Trampoline"). Great songs that will linger welcomely in your head.

  • Amazing
    author: Frye79

    Great CD! Got everyone in my office addicted. A must have. Can't wait until they play in Maryland.

  • Simply Captivating
    author: Chow

    This CD has me stunned, I can't take it out of my CD Player... I've tried... but everything else becomes so bland when put up against it.

  • Great Music
    author: Cheese

    Very well done. I don't have any complaints except it's to short. Haha, anyway keep it up, maybe there will be more?

  • MP3 demos for the new record available for download!
    author: andrew webster (calamine)

    Hi, Just a quick note from the band: we've added more information to the website today, and will be making demo tracks from the new LP (finally coming, Fall 2004) available for download. We'll be posting a new one each month until the record is released. They're only 4-track style recordings, but you can whet your whistle with some of the new songs and hear Julie's voice and guitar in their rawest form. And a big thanks to everyone who has bought the EP and visited the website already. Come back (refresh your browser), join the mailing list, and get teased by the new songs @: www.calamine.com Thanks! Andrew (the new bass guy)

  • Great
    author: Stephen

    Great disc, although you'll wish it was longer. Trippy girl-pop at its finest.

  • The best 6 songs I've heard in a long time
    author: Speaker

    This CD is marvelous! "Trampoline" is probably the best song on there, and by best, I mean "stuck in your head for a week and you don't care because it's such a fantastic song". The other tracks are great too. It's a little more chill than the Sealab theme, but that's not a bad thing in the slightest. Can't hardly wait for more from these guys..

  • author: jess

    I love the CD. I just wish it had more or that there were more albums. All in all, the CD is great.

  • Calamine is goodness, simple and eloquent.
    author: Hilary

    it's short, sweet, and always to the point. but as direct as everything may be, it's as eloquent as you can push a girl's vocals to, as sweet as electric guitars can be sweetened. 8 thumbs up out of 10.

  • A Pop Band That Is Actually Good
    author: Josh

    Calamine has become one of my favorite bands. This cd has only six tracks, but each one of them is great and unique. Whether its the sweet vocals or the precisely played instruments, you will like this cd. It's actually good pop, none of the crap like they have on Mtv. I would almost consider it alternative rock, but pop/rock suits it the best. Overall, a great cd. Just buy it. Trust me.

  • i don't even listen to pop
    author: Dan Miller

    When i turn on the cd player it's usually punk or hard rock. But one day i found myself singing the theme song to a cartoon so i had to buy their cd. Not only did i find my self singing new songs, but i liked the fact that i was singing them. Damn, sometimes I'm such a pussy.

  • Calamine's a nice breather!
    author: Emil S. - Philippine Rock Publication

    A nice reminder that there is no substitute for good music. Calamine's CD is a realization that the music listeners need a breather from all this hyped up pop explosion. Makes me think of my childhood days. Great buy! =)

  • This is what pop is about
    author: Bill Weisner

    I am not sure that words would do justice to the cd I just listened to. Calling it a pop record would undermine the subtleis of each one of the songs. These guys do that freakin Sealab2021 song. How are they going to screw any song up? It can't happen. So when the listener that there is more than one song on the cd, he can sit back in the solace of knowing that there is more than just one thing right in the world, and this cd has them all here. Kudos to the chef!

  • Can't get enough
    author: Ness

    I heart this cd. I listen to it endlessly. It's short, which makes me sad, but during the hour it takes for me to go to class every day, I listen to it over and over and over again. I loooooove it. You should buy it too!

  • author: Matthew

    My sister heard this CD, and now she wants it for her birthday. I guess I'll be buying another copy because I'm not giving mine up!

  • Achingly sweet...
    author: Eris2323

    This is just plain fantastic pop music. With vocals reminiscent of Tanya Donnelly or Nina Persson at their best, this album is simply a fun listen. I only hope that their body of work grows beyond this EP and the "Sealab" theme...

  • A must have!
    author: Josh

    This is one of the ultimate chill out albums ive ever heard. Julie's voice is so soothing, and "Trampoline" really makes you feel like a kid again. So sit back, turn it on, light a fatty, and enjoy this mellow mix of soft vocals and old fasion guitar....

  • Great Lead Vocals....
    author: MikeLi69

    I haven't hreard a great voice like this since the Dyvinals. It started on SeaLab 2021 for me as well. Where can I get tour dates??

  • May bring mainstream pop back to something great
    author: Mike

    This is such a diverse and intelligent cd, i listen to punk (rancid, the unseen) heavy metal (messugah tool) classical rock (led zepplin etc...) ska (reel big fish, sublime) and even some radiohead so don't mistake me as a simple head reviewer. I don't make it a habit to listen to Pop and i steer straight clear to any television music channels. However calamine has a unique sound that may just bring pop back to something great

  • I like!!! indie pop with punky alternative attitude
    author: Jeff Hurter

    I downloaded a bunch of the Sealab 2021 episodes on kazaa and theme cought my ear. I then downloaded the theme and said wow this is good! The name of the band said 'Calamine'. So I went and downloaded the other songs, and they were/are pretty good. I'm a punkrocker who loves the toilet jokes of blink 182 and the hardcore sounds of AFI, but this is just as good as anything i'v heard. Something worth buying. So if you like indie-pop, or alternative or even indie-punk well then you'll like this!

  • one of the best cd's ive bought lately
    author: matt

    again, i heard them on sealab then got hooked, if you all like calamine, you might like sunfall festival. another really good band.

  • first heard on sealab-fell in love with them went looking for the CD online and
    author: Rach

    this CD can be listened to at any time of the day-any mood your in...it works for me!

  • Indie rock at its greatest
    author: Dan Heal

    This band is truly phenomenal, just like the post about Sealab 2021, thats where i first heard them, and I must say they are truly fantastic, I hope they keep going with the music, they seem to have a great and bright future ahead of them

  • Calamine is a terrific band with a terrific CD
    author: Hal

    A wonderful CD along the lines of 4AD stuff (Belly, Pixies), yet very unique and creative. It's a pity this is the only thing Calamine has released. A look at the dormant official website will let you know the band isn't active these days. They really should re-group and give it another go. The interest generated by SeaLab 2021 has won them many new fans, and a new CD and tour might really launch them. If you agree, drop them an encouraging email at calamine@calamine.com -thanks, Hal 5/02

  • Great Music
    author: Laura

    It really did start with Sealab 2021. I fell in love with the theme and found out who it was. Then I picked up the CD and I am really happy I did.

  • Calamine makes me see around corners...
    author: Cortez Jagger, Esq.

    Calamine's a blessed find. After putting down the "Graphix" bong to rewind and freeze my TIVO (I had to know who did the Sealab 2021 theme) my brain became aware that it was a mystery band named CALAMINE. This meant that I had to then motivate my lifeless body and turn on the goddamn AOL... the search began. The results is their self-titled CD e.p., which has not one bad track. Soaring vocals (see "Astronaut") coupled with well balanced and cleaverly crafted arrangements with an eye to clever pop guitar parts (see "Trampoline") make me play this CD on infinate repeat until my stash is part of my collective history... Now when I wake up from my bake up, I'll clean up my place to this band! Viva La CALAMINE... -cortez jagger, esq. (minneapolis 12/2001 cortezjagger@hotmail.com)

  • Wow, and it all started with SeaLab ;-)
    author: Tom

    I first found out about Calamine from watching Cartoon Network on those Adult Swim nights when they have SeaLab, the little intro tune is catchy! I looked all over the place to find out who it was, then I checked out their other songs and was somewhat amazed by Trampoline, I have to say this is probably one of the best groups I've heard in a long while, so tired of the garbage on the radio these days. Get the CD guys!

  • beautiful music
    author: Chris!!!

    Calamine, if my ears could talk, they would say thank you, you have enlightened both of us. I first heard calamine on the show sealab, and its IS the best theme song ever for one of the best shows ever. It took me like 1000 hours to find the CD, but then i finally got enough sense to check WWW.CALAMINE.COM, so keep makin music.

  • I love good music!
    author: Scott Long

    I love Calamine! Julie is a wonderful person, and should come to California to spread the beauty that is her music. I love you!

  • A Little NC Goes a Long Way
    author: Elizabeth Shelton

    My vote here goes for the tune, "Repulsion." It has that "Adventures of Pete and Pete" pop sound that I'm a total sucker for, any day of any week. Basically, nice, mellow, indie pop by the group whom you may now recognize as the performers of Cartoon Network's "Sealab 2021" theme song. While Calamine is billed primarily as the brainchild of founders Julie Stepanek and Dan Crane--and no doubt the drummer, Dave Jargowsky, brings his own influences to the group--let it not go without notice that none other than Jack Campbell fills in the bass for this effort. Jack Campbell you will know as the bassist and primary writer for the ska-ish, funkster, punkster band of the early 90's, Johnny Quest; he provides bass, as well as accordion, for the solo effort of George Huntley (a guitarist with legendary pop rockers, the Connells), Brain Junk (1996); and Campbell has also done a tour of duty with the indie-pop/folk/country/rockabilly group, the Two Dollar Pistols (@1997). There is no question that the influence of the North Carolina indie scene is present on this CD. Hearing is believing.

  • calamine kicks ass
    author: Alexis

    wow is all I have to say. Wow and double-wow. Julie's vocals are slightly reminiscent of other indie bands like australia's Killing Heidi, Nina Gordon, and Letters To Cleo. After reading reviews from other listeners, I have come to the conclusion that Julie's voice is the 'hook' in this group. Well worth a shot, hey, the cd's only ten bucks!!!

  • author: Neil Rodgers

    From the moment I heard Trampoline I knew this band was good, but it wasn't until I bought the album that I realised they were one of the best bands I have ever heard. The gently sweet vocals send shivers down your spine, and the music is upbeat, yet calming. My favorite track is Trampoline, closly followed by Horse & Carriage. Buy this album, there is not one bad track on it!

  • author: Kristin Morris

    Tonight i spent another amless night sitting at my computer searching to fill an empty void. Well tonight i found it. Calamine. I think it al sarted with the name. Love it. Then i downloaded Trampoline.. i dont think ive ever listen to such a descriptive song! I can really paint the picture in my head. well anyway i love the song.. First thing after the break of dawn ill be on my way to get this cd! Kristin

  • author: Robert Metcalfe

    Extraordinarily good. You immediately know that Trampoline is going to be one of those songs that you will enjoy listening to for the rest of your life.

  • author: Freida Jones

    I'm so glad I took a chance on this CD. I have had it now for three weeks and I can't stop playing it. When o when will they make another one? And will they tour? Please come to Madison WI, PLEASE. My current favorite is Astronaut but Trampoline is gaining ground.

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