| Bye Bye Blackbirds, The / Boxer At Rest |
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| Album: | Boxer At Rest | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Bye Bye Blackbirds, The | Added: | Mar 2020 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2020-08-17 | Pull Date: | 2020-10-19 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 08, 2021: | KZSU Time Traveler Top 37 of 2020 Words & Signs | 4. | May 15, 2020: | KZSU Time Traveler Words & Signs | |
| 2. | Jun 12, 2020: | KZSU Time Traveler Words & Signs | 5. | May 08, 2020: | KZSU Time Traveler You Were All Light | |
| 3. | May 22, 2020: | KZSU Time Traveler All Our Friends | 6. | May 01, 2020: | KZSU Time Traveler Words & Signs |
| Album Review |
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| Francis D Reviewed 2020-07-18 | ||
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“Boxer At Rest” The Bye Bye Blackbirds Local, Oakland-based band is back with harmony-laden, guitar rock that has “swagger and smarts” — according to their one-sheet. Led by Bradley Skaught, the band has a strong Bay Area following and regularly plays live. This album is about “the passing of friends, loved ones, artists and inspirations” — with the tracks waiting for months while founding member, Lenny Gill, recovered from a heart transplant. Big chords, ringing guitars and soaring harmonies. RIYL: Tom Petty, the Byrds and similar bands. — Francis Recommended: 1, 8, 4, 5, 7. No FCCs detected. 1. (3:40) You Were All Light – Cracking, straight-ahead guitar-driven rock. Harmonized lead guitars. Rockin’ electric guitar licks. Cool horns added. **** 2. (1:55) How Do We Stay? – Peppy pop rock with tumbling drums, crashing cymbals and searing and chugging guitars. 3. (5:15) So True – Mid-tempo rock. Big chords with guitar stingers that are a throwback to Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills on “Super Session” — plus rich harmonized lead vocals. Really nice guitar trail-out. 4. (3:34) Baby It’s Still You – Americana-flavored rock or alt-country, in a style reminiscent of the Byrds. Bold brass added in the chorus. *** 5. (2:52) Words & Signs – Beautiful acoustic ballad. Sweet, smooth vocals. *** 6. (2:39) Watch Them Chime – Rolling, laid-back guitar anthem — again, with richly harmonized vocals. 7. (3:05) War Is Still Hell – Bouncy, rollickingly fun tune with energetic guitars and sharp drumming — plus great guitar work in the lead breaks. ** 8. (7:42) If It Gets Light – Chugging prog rock with a rapid bass line and a pounding beat. Psychedelic guitar solos that build to searing levels in the lead breaks. Epic length. Really good! *** 9. (2:42) All Our Friends – Rich, warm guitar-driven tribute to lost friends. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | You Were All Light | 5. | Words & Signs | |||
| 2. | How Do We Stay? | 6. | Watch Them Chime | |||
| 3. | So True | 7. | War Is Still Hell | |||
| 4. | Baby It's Still You | 8. | If It Gets Light | |||
| 9. | All Our Friends | |||||