
In real life, the trio were not just simple, cheerful popsters. (His career as a producer was also taking off.) Also, his two original partners - bassist Faye Hunter and drummer Sara Romweber (sister of Flat Duo Jets’ Dexter Romweber) - were viewed as sidepeople, despite Easter’s egalitarian efforts to the contrary. Although perceived as the engineer of the now-sound-of-today in American guitar pop, Easter’s own tastes were running towards the electronic gadgetry of techno-rock. Pick to click: “Every Word Means No.”īut things were not as they seemed. All the songs, even those with melancholy lyrics, are hook-filled, boppy and ultra-hummable. Joining that band’s label, Let’s Active released a six-song EP, Afoot, bringing new meaning to such overused pop adjectives as crisp, bright and ringing. Producer/multi-instrumentalist Mitch Easter assembled the trio in 1981, but it only emerged nationally in the wake of R.E.M., whose first two discs Easter co-produced at his Drive-In garage studio outside of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Though dogged by a rosy-cheeked nicest-guys-of-wimp-pop image, they could be downright moody. Send us feedback.North Carolina’s Let’s Active was probably the most misunderstood of the South’s ’80s new-pop bands. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'active.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2017 The 72-year-old is still active in the film industry his movie The Private Life of a Modern Woman, starring Sienna Miller, premiered at the Venice Film Festival last month. 2017 Land said further information is not available because the cases are active.Ĭarrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 23 Oct.

2017 In other words, in markets where the test is active, Facebook is no longer a free playing field for digital publishers. 2017 The billing cycle is still active, and additional money is being collected from vehicle owners who have received invoices. 2017 Demarquez, 11, and Samira, 7, enjoy staying active and have a close sibling bond.

2017 Maybe some, but not all, rodents that harbor disease are active at night.

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