| Volcano Suns / Bright Orange Years, The |
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| Album: | Bright Orange Years, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Volcano Suns | Added: | 01/2009 | |
| Label: | Merge Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-03-08 | Pull Date: | 2009-05-10 |
| Week Ending: | 29 Mar | 22 Mar | 15 Mar |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 29, 2009: | A2Z Sea Cruise | 4. | Mar 23, 2009: | PACC Appreciation Show Old Paint | |
| 2. | Mar 27, 2009: | Emphysema For Emphasis Cover | 5. | Mar 17, 2009: | I Once Was Greek Sea Cruise | |
| 3. | Mar 25, 2009: | The Heart of KZSU Silvertone | 6. | Mar 12, 2009: | A2Z Sea Cruise |
| Album Review |
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| Rafe McBride Reviewed 2009-02-28 | ||
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Reissue of 1985 post-punk/"college-rock" album The Bright Orange Years from ex-members of Mission of Burma. The sound reflects the MoB connection...a lot of post-punkish tracks with soaring vocal harmonies, pounding drums, but not quite as much of an edge as MoB. Also heard hints of Husker Du and the Minutemen. ##FCCs## Tracks 15, 19,20 no others detected, (hard to understand through hollered vocals **1) Probably one of their best tunes, catchy hooks, noisy, but bright 2) Hardcore sound without the edge 3) Jangly instrumental that builds nicely 4) Reminds me a a slowed down version of That's When I Reach for My Revolver *5) Angular post-punk guitars, driving rhythm 6) Reverbed out vocals, almost has a rockabilly feel to it vocals. *7) Pounding drums, nice hardcore guitar riff 8) Bouncy Post-punk sound 9) Reminds me of early REM a little, more melodic than some of the other tracks 10) Straight-ahead post-punk 11) Messy hardcore sound *12) Nice Harmonies *13) This track mixes it up a bit, nice bass work, f. vocal harmonies 14) FCC? – God-damn - Crunchy guitars, shouted vocals 15) FCC SHIT at end, nice track though 16) Song about not getting along with Nature 17) One of the more aggressive tunes on the album 18) Studio chatter then MoB style track, with some weirdness 19) FCC? – FUCKING, hard to hear, might be at the beginning 20) FCC – SHIT at 4 min mark…live – Messy post-punk 21) Goofy live cover of Prince’s “1999”. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Jak | 11. | It's Stewtime | |||
| 2. | Descent Into Hell | 12. | Silvertone | |||
| 3. | Truth Is Stranger Than Fishing | 13. | Sea Cruise | |||
| 4. | Balancing Act | 14. | Greasy Spine | |||
| 5. | Promise Me | 15. | Tree Stomp | |||
| 6. | (I'm Gonna) Make You Mine | 16. | Nature And Me | |||
| 7. | Cover | 17. | Old Paint | |||
| 8. | The Mouth That Roared | 18. | The Central | |||
| 9. | Cornfield | 19. | Local Wise Man | |||
| 10. | Animals | 20. | Testify-Live | |||
| 21. | 1999-Live | |||||