Sodastream says farewell

Sodastream, you'll be missed.

In a blog posted on their MySpace this past Sunday, Australia's Sodastream announced that they'll finally be calling it quits:

"After 10 years, Sodastream are calling it a day.

Throughout our five albums, four EPs, seven international tours and countless shows around Australia we have had the privilege of working with many incredible people, and have made a lot of great friends. We have also received amazing amounts of generosity and hospitality from people all over the world. It is those people we have worked with, the friends we have made, and that generosity which we have received that has sustained us all this time, and 'thank you' isn't nearly enough to express how much we appreciate it all.

And a huge thanks to all our fans and everyone who has supported and loved our music. You are the reason we have poured the last 10 years of our lives into these songs, and our music will live on through you."

They made some amazingly great songs, including this one, my favorite from their first album Looks Like A Russian.
[MP3]: Sodastream :: Fitzroy Strongman

Feel free to head over to their MySpace and say goodbye :(

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AROUND: I guess I overlooked it, but back on the 15th it seems Pitchfork finally reviewed the Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne) currated CD86, obviously reviewed by Pitchfork's in-house indiepop expert Nitsuh Abebe. Abebe's argument is that Stanley's take on the era may be a little straight and narrow -- "Either he's blinded by nostalgia, a hardcore stickler for absolute truth, or just more of a collector than a historian or genre partisan" -- but nevertheless, there's really nothing to complain about with a compilation like this. If you haven't already, pick up the 2CD set from, I guess, Darla, or somewhere else.

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