Proper Nouns, The / A Million Hurtful Things
Album: A Million Hurtful Things   Collection:General
Artist:Proper Nouns, The   Added:May 2008
Label:All Hail Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-02-01 Pull Date: 2009-04-05
Week Ending: Apr 5 Mar 22 Mar 8 Mar 1 Feb 22 Feb 15 Feb 8
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 13, 2009: Music Casserole
Long-Time Correspondent
4. Mar 04, 2009: The Heart of KZSU
The Floor
2. Apr 04, 2009: On The Warpath
Long-Time Correspondent
5. Feb 26, 2009: Palo Alto Pop Overthrow
Every Future Conversation
3. Mar 21, 2009: Music Casserole
The Floor
6. Feb 17, 2009: Reelin' in the Years
The Hateful Throng

Album Review
Wedge
Reviewed 2009-01-16
High-energy Britpop with guitars and even an organ. Lots of minor-key tunes with a dire but upbeat pace, a little bit '60s-retro. Innocent male vocals, lots of fast/loud guitar strumming. Happy, catchy stuff with reasonably intelligent lyrics. You gotta play it all. *FCC* on (7).

1- Minor key, fast rolling rhythm. Violin break.
2- Mid/fast, driven.
3- Perky, popping rhythm. Cool fuzz-guitar chorus.
4- Chugging, with organ. Gets spacey near the end.
5- Swaying, mid/fast
6- Snappy quarter-note rhythm, loosens up later
7- *FCC* after first chorus. A deeper pop feel.
8- Minor key, fairly fast. Cool.
9- Relatively calm: neat little beat, cool catchy chorus, spacey break. SEGUES into:
10- Energetic, bright, breezy
11- Bright, snappy
12- Dark
13- Big, power-poppy, breezy. WARNING: Ends with a false start for Track 14. Fade early!
14- Serious triplets feel, still fairly fast. Nice buzzy guitar. At the end, shifts through sound effects into a wistful, sad ditty.

Track Listing
1. The Hateful Throng   8. The Attending Village Officers
2. Tender Artillery   9. The Floor
3. The Lesser Stars   10. Petrochemicals
4. Long-Time Correspondent   11. The Moment Is Marked
5. Conditions Are Worse   12. My First Death Ray
6. Turnabout Gone   13. Every Future Conversation
7. Doom And Gloom   14. 1976