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█ ARTIST: Adelyn Rose █
█ TITLE: Mezzanine █
█ LABEL: █
█ GENRE: Pop-Folk █
█ BITRATE: 216kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 0h 38min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2012-00-00 █
█ RIP DATE: 2012-03-17 █
█ URL: █
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█ 01. Ella's Wild Things 3:37 █
█ 02. Time Stands Still 4:24 █
█ 03. Tails 2:51 █
█ 04. Fields 3:06 █
█ 05. Chords 5:12 █
█ 06. Winter Comes 3:04 █
█ 07. Never Get Tired 4:39 █
█ 08. Collisions 3:55 █
█ 09. Bad Dreams 3:06 █
█ 10. Three Horses 1:25 █
█ 11. You 3:08 █
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█ From Volume One.org: █
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█ Even lead singer and namesake of the band, Addie Strei, will tell you █
█ that the bandÆs soon-to-be-released album, Mezzanine, is a different █
█ sound than what theyÆve evolved into, but both versions of local group █
█ Adelyn Rose definitely have heart. █
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█ The new album is a 10-track trip back to your childhood backyard, █
█ running barefoot through the grass until summerÆs last glow fades into █
█ night. █
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█ Just as the bandÆs sound has changed, its members have, too. Adelyn Rose █
█ consists now of Strei, Dave Powers on drums, Leo Strei on bass, and Ian █
█ Jacoby on keys. The bandÆs newer sound leans a bit more heavily on rock █
█ elements, while effortlessly maintaining its folksy roots. █
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█ The new album is a 10-track trip back to your childhood backyard, █
█ running barefoot through the grass until summerÆs last glow fades into █
█ night. The transitions are sewn-together pieces of everything from █
█ vintage radio to babbling water, which only add to the albumÆs █
█ do-it-yourself feel and genuineness. If youÆve seen Adelyn Rose play █
█ live any time over the past two years, the album will sound familiar. █
█ Even if you havenÆt, youÆll still appreciate the unassuming quality of █
█ the album. ItÆs not presumptuous or over-processed, but not altogether a █
█ wallflower, either. █
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█ The bandÆs latest sound has evolved into something more assertive. ôFor █
█ a while I didnÆt know if I wanted to release this album because our band █
█ sound and my songwriting has matured and changed a lot since these were █
█ recorded,ö said Strei, lead singer and guitarist. ôBut we want it out █
█ there because, well, we recorded a whole album-worth of songs and thatÆs █
█ awesome.ö █
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█ ôEven though we have changed a lot, it might be cool for people to hear █
█ how things started,ö said Strei. ôThere are a lot of layers. IÆd lay █
█ down an acoustic track and piano and vocals, and then Paul (Brandt) █
█ would work some synth magic or layer on some guitar with cool voicings.ö █
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█ Those layers and ôvoicingsö are apparent on the album. Chords utilizes █
█ piano and wind instruments that crescendo into vivid percussion █
█ interlaced with StreiÆs vocals. Winter Comes is perhaps the most █
█ interesting song on the album, beginning with vocals from the full band █
█ and ending with almost-clashing dissonance that absolutely works. █
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█ Lyrically, the album is perfect and filled with the same vivid imagery █
█ weÆve come to expect from Strei. You, the last track, conjures easy █
█ images of a sun-soaked lake, even ending with the subtle sound of moving █
█ water, leaving the listener in a place both timeless and fresh. █
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█ The original band, consisting of Strei along with her brother Leo, Pat █
█ Kuehn, and Paul Brandt, began the recording process two years ago in the █
█ spring of 2010, completing the album at the end of that summer. But █
█ Strei said it didnÆt feel quite right, and the songs didnÆt sound like █
█ what they were intended to be. ôSo then we started tweaking,ö said █
█ Strei, ôAnd that turned into rerecording a vocal take, then a whole █
█ song, and then the whole album.ö █
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█ ôIn the end, I donÆt think this album best represents Adelyn RoseÆs █
█ current sound,ö said Strei, ôBut I love this album for what it is: it is █
█ our first album.ö █
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█ Adelyn Rose recently played a long string of live shows on their █
█ three-week, 15-city East Coast tour in January. Strei and bandmate █
█ Powers comprised the version of the band that toured, paired with local █
█ band Kalispell. Aside from playing in cities spanning the coast, the █
█ trio couch-surfed, went hiking, and met a puppy named Spaceship. ôIt was █
█ a blast, and weÆd love to do it again,ö said Strei, noting that they may █
█ try to put together a tour this summer. █
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█ Adelyn Rose will debut Mezzanine at their House of Rock release show on █
█ March 9, with friends Wisconsin Built, a fellow local band, and Seymore █
█ Saves the World, of the Twin Cities. █
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