| Dears, The / Degeneration Street |
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| Album: | Degeneration Street | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Dears, The | Added: | Feb 2011 | |
| Label: | Dangerbird Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-08-21 | Pull Date: | 2011-10-23 |
| Week Ending: | Oct 23 | Oct 16 | Oct 9 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 24, 2011: | ReAd mY liPs Omega Dog | 4. | Oct 14, 2011: | Time Traveler Omega Dog | |
| 2. | Oct 21, 2011: | Time Traveler Omega Dog | 5. | Oct 13, 2011: | Palo Alto Pop Overthrow Blood | |
| 3. | Oct 20, 2011: | Palo Alto Pop Overthrow Blood | 6. | Oct 07, 2011: | Time Traveler Omega Dog |
| Album Review |
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| Robo Reviewed 2011-08-17 | ||
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The Dears: Degeneration Street (Dangerbird) Pretty straightforward soulful indie rock/pop. Some songs sound like Lenny Kravitz, others are straight out of the 80s. Jacob Dylan’s The Wallflowers sometimes come to mind. Always expect big choruses. Label pushing 01, 03, 04. Best tracks: 01, 07, 13 ***01 Omega Dog 5:01: nice groove w/ gtr/drums; falsetto vox; soulful chorus, mellow breakdown, crescendo 02 5 Chords 3:34: driving beat; tremlo picked gtr, anthemic chorus; kinda 80s-sounding 03 Blood 4:10: upbeat; harpsichord then rocking chorus w/ big gtr 04 Thrones 4:43: mid-tempo; rung out gtr w/ vibrato; big 80s chorus 05 Lamentation 4:20: power ballad; clean gtr, organ, soft vox 06 Torches 1:36: little airy synth ditty **07 Galactic Tides 4:38: Hendrix-inspired ballad 08 Yesteryear 3:51: mid-tempo; sounds like Springsteen doing Motown 09 Stick W/ Me Kid 3:29: upbeat; synth-driven 80s son; cheesy chorus 10 Tiny Man 5:04: slow; acoustic, deep vox, twangy gtr, tinkling piano 11 Easy Suffering 4:33: mid-tempo, but w/ drive, twangy gtr, earnest vox 12 Unsung 4:15: mellow; simple/reserved drums & gtr; soulful vox **13 1854 5:24: mid-tempo, but mellow; slightly psychedelic 14 Degeneration Street 4:58: ballad; piano, tortured vox, reserved drums, weird synth bridge | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Omega Dog | 8. | Yesteryear | |||
| 2. | 5 Chords | 9. | Stick W/ Me Kid | |||
| 3. | Blood | 10. | Tiny Man | |||
| 4. | Thrones | 11. | Easy Suffering` | |||
| 5. | Lamentation | 12. | Unsung | |||
| 6. | Torches | 13. | 1854 | |||
| 7. | Galactic Tides | 14. | Degeneration Street |