- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Toadies
Album: Play Rock Music
Label: Kirtland Records
Playtime: 44:01 min
Genre: Rock
URL: http://www.kirtlandrecords.com
Rip date: 2012-08-03
Street date: 2012-07-31
Size: 87.77 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 266 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
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It's been 23 years since Toadies started playing rock music in Fort Worth,
Texas. Through lineup changes, shelved albums, member departures, band
break-ups, one-off reunions and full-on performances, Toadies are an act that
has experienced nearly everything except, perhaps, the freedom to grow as they
choose.
But that mark is about to be checked, too. On July 31, Toadies will release
their fifth proper full-length album a disc fittingly called
'Play.Rock.Music.', because, perhaps for the first time in their career, the
band feels capable of unapologetically doing just that.
After bursting onto the national scene with their breakthrough 'Rubberneck'
album, which begat their signature single, 'Possum Kingdom', the successful
follow-up single 'Away' and the immense fan favorite 'Tyler', Toadies returned
to the studio in 1996 with the pressure of trying to match their first album's
success. The result was a disc called 'Feeler', an album the band's then-label
home, Interscope Records, was supposed to release in 1997 but decided to
shelve despite the band's protests. So it was back to the drawing board for
the 2001-released 'Hell Below/Stars Above', an awkwardly timed sophomore album
that enjoyed moderate success and almost universal critical acclaim but was
ultimately doomed because of the seven-year wait to arrive.
But a reunion show in Dallas in 2006 reignited the band's spark. The following
year, the band embarked on a surprise tour of Texas. A year later, they fully
re-formed, recording and releasing 2008's 'No Deliverance'.
This past spring, the band, joined by Grammy-nominated producer Chris Frenchie
Smith entered an Austin recording studio with a clean slate. The songs on
'Play.Rock.Music.' are some of the best the Toadies have ever released. The
trademarks of the band are all present Lewis howl, the chugging guitars, the
unrepentant angst but they're also improved upon. Without question, it is:
With the band's second successful stint now having lasted almost as long as
the initial run, 'Play.Rock.Music.' shows off a band in full stride, an outfit
with renewed vigor and, perhaps most important, a group with a clear and
confident understanding of itself.
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01. Rattler's Revival ( 3:09)
02. Get Low ( 3:14)
03. Summer Of The Strange ( 3:40)
04. Magic Bullet ( 3:49)
05. Beside You ( 4:23)
06. Animals ( 4:39)
07. Sunshine ( 4:22)
08. Laments Of A Good Man ( 4:17)
09. Epic Castles ( 3:21)
10. We Burned This City Down ( 2:54)
11. The Appeal ( 6:13)
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