- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Coffeeshower
Album: Kicking A Medicine Ball
Label: Indelirium Records
Playtime: 39:32 min
Genre: Punk Rock
URL: http://www.coffeeshower.com/
Rip date: 2012-09-19
Street date: 2011-01-15
Size: 80.27 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 269 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
A bunch of songs of hope and despair. The sensational new album from these
messengers of love and hate. Including the incredible cover of 80's hit single
MANIAC.
COFFEESHOWER started their rocking career in their hometown LÆAquila, the
notorious small town in middle of Italy which was recently hit by a 6.3
magnitude earthquake. So let's go back to the year 2000. The Coffee boys made
a pretty original use of the punk-rock ingredients right from the start, which
made this band one of the most interesting acts around, compared to the
thousands of 90Æs core oriented bands from the local scene at that time. Their
unique blend of breathtaking melodies and rough guitar riffs (in the veins of
Down By Law, Avail, early Offspring, early Saves The Day, Hot Water Music, Bad
Religion and why not also Police and The Cure) allowed them gaining pretty big
fan support and local press attention along the way. Their critically
acclaimed 5-track self-released debut "A Product For The Youth Development"
(2001) was sold out in few months. During their DIY years they kept touring
extensively across the state and several times abroad, also touring with such
bands as MISCONDUCT, GAMITS, PUNKREAS, BEERBONG, FONZIE, BELVEDERE and shaking
the audience with their terrific fast- paced songs and energy packed shows.
After their 2003 live performance at the INDEPENDENT DAYS FESTIVAL, Nh-N Recs
(a small but hectic label from Italy) signed the band and released the
split-cd ôSplit by Sideö, featuring COFFEESHOWER together with the Dutch band
DEPENDENT. The year 2005 was a year of change definitely. After another great
German tour and mostly due to line-up problems they stopped their touring
activity for a while. During this sort of hiatus they practiced again as much
as the first times and they wrote a bunch of new astonishing songs that
actually caught the band in the act of growing up: kinda rock songs that sound
like emo that meets punk in a bar and then they drink whiskey together while
the barman sings the blues. The new single ôBlack Tieö was published on the
Punkster Magazine free sampler cd on January 2006. Then the time came for
touring again with a new guitarist on board. They appeared at HEINEKEN JAMMINÆ
FESTIV AL (yeah, the same festival where METALLICA, DARKNESS and AVENGED
SEVENFOLD played!) and eventually they played the Switzerland date of TASTE OF
CHAOS, sharing the main stage with such huge bands as TAKING BACK SUNDAY,
ANTI-FLAG, UNDEROATH, SAOSIN and SENSES FAIL! After touring with Nitro Recs
MUCH THE SAME they started new recordings that unexpectedly turned out to be
more than a hassle for many reasons. So they finally had to move to a
different studio and start all over again and getting over this was the main
work task for the Coffee boys in the year 2008. After the short tour with
CHUCK RAGAN early 2009 the tragic earthquake hit their hometown L'Aquila in
April. This massive tragedy of course changed COFFEESHOWER plans once again,
but after a few weeks the Coffee boys were back on the road and finally
managed to pull off their long awaited new album ôKicking A Medicine Ballö, a
bunch of songs full of passion, sweat, hope and despair. They are in the
process of making new touring plans after the release of this full-length.
Don't fail to see these messengers of love and hate if they hit your town!
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Confessions On The Suicide Bridge ( 3:32)
02. Medicine Ball ( 3:15)
03. When We Part Ways ( 3:05)
04. Funeral Pyre ( 4:06)
05. I Want To See The Bright Lights ( 3:16)
06. Close To Death ( 3:45)
07. Blindsided (Couple Therapy) ( 3:39)
08. E45 (Driving Destinationless) ( 3:57)
09. Play The Role ( 2:29)
10. Maniac ( 4:06)
11. Fight The Fire ( 4:22)
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