Things They Said: Other Press
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There's other things to say about us besides talk about the album. These people know it.

Flagpole magazine
Club Notes: Oh What A Night
Review of our show at the Athens/HHBTM popfest in the Flagpole, the Athens free weekly newspaper:

Next The Positions, a five-piece from DC that is a fusion of the remaining members of Charming and Barcelona and sounds like a bolder, brassier version of the twee-pop Scottish band Camera Obscura: not as clean and polished, but definitely more energetic...The Positions begin to swing like a very groovy gate.

Washington Post, Thursday, July 28, 2004
At DC9, Two Indie-Pop Bands in One {full article}
A review of the show we played at DC9 with Ladybug Transistor and Essex Green that had this to say about us:

Opening was a local band, the Positions, whose music could hardly have better complemented that of the visiting groups. The quintet, which featured a female singer and a trombonist, played loungey pop-rock whose tempos were just a little brisker than the melodies seemed to require. This twist on the genre, though modest, was surprisingly satisfying.

Washington Post, Thursday, June 10, 2004
Live!
What: Now! Music and Fashion Benefit and Farewell Show When: 5 p.m. Saturday Where: Now! Music and Fashion, Alexandria {full article}

Also on the bill are the Positions, local popsters led by the dual vocals of Nicole Stoops and Ivan Ramiscal. Ramiscal started the band in 2002 after his previous band, Barcelona, broke up. "I was looking to move away from the synth-pop electro-dance sound that Barcelona had to a poppier rock sound," he said.

The Positions are about to finish a full-length album, working with Archie Moore (Velocity Girl) at Rockville's Omega Studio, and there is talk of releasing it through an indie label out of Atlanta later this year. They will also be hitting the Black Cat this summer and will perform at the Athens Pop Fest in August.

DCist, Tuesday, September 27, 2005
DCist Likes Your iPod {full article and podcast}
Music and an interview with almost all of us (minus Ken) featured on the inaugural DCist podcast of local DC bands.