| Heffern, Gary & Beautiful People / Gary Heffern & Beautiful People |
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| Album: | Gary Heffern & Beautiful People | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Heffern, Gary & Beautiful People | Added: | 07/2011 | |
| Label: | Glitterhouse | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-12-04 | Pull Date: | 2012-02-05 |
| Week Ending: | 8 Jan | 25 Dec | 18 Dec | 11 Dec |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 05, 2012: | The Songsmith Show Stack Of Receipts | 3. | Dec 15, 2011: | The Songsmith Show Here Comes The Government | |
| 2. | Dec 22, 2011: | The Songsmith Show Cat From The Rain | 4. | Dec 08, 2011: | The Songsmith Show Here Comes The Government |
| Album Review |
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| MC Dizzy Jackson Reviewed 2011-11-26 | ||
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Gary Heffern was the singer of famed late ‘70‘s / early ‘80‘s San Diego punk / new wave band The Penetrators. A few years back he learned the truth of his childhood (read the revelatory one-sheet) and, as a result, moved to Finland, where he was born. He met local collective Beautiful People and this album is the result. It’s full of sounds that Heffern played with The Penetrators - punkish, country, r’n’r, lots of influences. Many of the lyrics are heavy and autobiographical. Very well crafted songs, all worth a listen. No FCC’s. *My Favorites*: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12. 1. *(8:57) Slow / Mid. Very quiet start, heavy lyrics, backing vocals, organ, acoustic guitar, mandolin, drums, electric guitar. Instruments enter one at a time. Long fade out. Wow! Epic and absolutely beautiful. 2. (4:17) Mid. Echoey vocal with ominous organ, loud, rockin’ plodding beat. Guitar solo. Song about religion. 3. *(4:22) Mid. Plodding, easy-going beat. Female lead vocal, song about a dream of Bone. Dreamy and folky. 4. *(2:15) Mid. Upbeat, lo-fi with a slight doo-wop thing going on. Quite childish, sitcom theme jingle-jangle. Guitar, drums, horns, bell, processed vocal. Great. 5. *(3:08) Mid. Punky, with almost a Johnny Rotten vocal delivery, crunchy guitar, heavy drum hits, backing vocals. Killer. 6. (5:10) Slow / Mid. Mellow number with guitars, drums, harmonica. 7. (5:06) Mid. Female vocal, heavy, heavy lyrics, with strings and a plodding beat. 8. *(2:53) Mid. Upbeat country rockabilly song with guitar, drums, harmonica, violin. 9. *(3:44) Mid. Upbeat, Uncle Tupelo / Old ’97’s stylings. Very cool. 10. (4:09) Mid. Strummed acoustic guitar to start, both male and female vocals. Band joins in. 11. *(3:30) Mid. Heffern speaks while female sings over a mellow, jazzy jaunt, then turns a bit carnivalistic for a few measures. Big horn and strings. Very cool with some funny lyrics by Heffern. 12. *(2:38) Fast / Slow. All-out rocker with dog barks. Big sound, punky with guitar solos, pounding beat. Turns slow with violin, trumpet. Ends fast. | ||
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