The Taxiride quartet is from Melbourne. Their debut single "Get set" immediately entered the top ten in Australia and "Imaginate" shot straight to the top of the album charts. This success awarded the band with the Edison's Australian counterpart, the Aria, for best newcomer. "Imaginate" is a collection of cheerful pop / rock songs that leave you as a listener with a happy feeling. The thirteen
… uncomplicated, mostly polyphonic songs on "Imaginate" betray the influences of sixties bands such as The Beatles and The Beach Boys, but also of the now defunct British group Kula Shaker who, like Taxiride, made frequent use of oriental music. instruments including the zither. Besides the single "Get set" This CD contains hit sensitive songs like "Rocketship", "Ice cream" and "Helplessly hoping", a song that can also be found on the soundtrack of the movie "A walk on the moon". (CK) _more
