| Hendricks, Karl Rock Band / World Says, The |
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| Album: | World Says, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Hendricks, Karl Rock Band | Added: | Aug 2007 | |
| Label: | Surplus Anxiety Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-09-23 | Pull Date: | 2007-11-25 |
| Week Ending: | Oct 28 | Oct 7 | Sep 30 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 24, 2007: | public noize racket I'm Not Crying, Karl | 3. | Sep 26, 2007: | Twixt Time and Racket Underdog Park | |
| 2. | Oct 02, 2007: | Time Traveler Underdog Park | 4. | Sep 25, 2007: | Time Traveler Banned For Life |
| Album Review |
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| Red West Reviewed 2007-08-24 | ||
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Indie rock with warm sound and bitter soul. Overdriven guitars, human drums and a bass to anchor. Karl was inspired by Husker Du to pick up the guitar in the late 80's and has been playing since, this is veteran old-school. He's taken what he learned from the last record and put it into concise chunks... FCC's where noted. +1. Mid-fast, loud. Pithy lyrics on life's disappointments, then rock-out instrumental jam in last few minutes. (This and the last track are the discs long ones) ++2.Mid fast, thick and sweet as molasses. Simple, and radio-friendly length. 3.Mid-tempo, a little easier-going, a good wailin gguitar solo at end. FCC warning "F*ed up", "goddamn" in first verse. +4.Mid-slow. I like the interplay between all the musicians on this one. Laughably sad. +5.Faster, straight-up rock. 6.Midtempo, starts with a brief solo then quietens, of course getting a bit louder at the end... (how did you feel when your favorite band sold out?) +7.Midtempo, melodic, loose in the middle, noisy at the end. +8.Quieter, unlike the rest of the album. Acoustic guitar, piano, and vocals- very wordy- a little electric guitar in the middle. You may like this song but not the rest of the disc, or vice-versa... +9.The band gets to have fun- long instrumental intro (2.5mins), outro (5 mins). Minor key song, about keeping it together in the face of adversity/obscurity, I think. (Disclaimer- Karl and I go way back, so I'm a bit biased. It's not my fault I got a housemate who can't help but rock out year after year. And just for this review's on-line version, here's a link to a short story Karl recently published: http://www.newyinzer.com/17.html ) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | I'm Not Crying, Karl | 5. | The Bleedin' Obvious | |||
| 2. | Mediocre Advice | 6. | The Last Uncompromising Hardcore Band | |||
| 3. | Irony Fails Me | 7. | Underdog Park | |||
| 4. | Banned For Life | 8. | The World Says | |||
| 9. | California In October | |||||