Artist: The I Don't Cares
Album: Wild Stab
Bitrate: 250kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Dry Wood
Genre: Rock
Size: 98.18 megs
PlayTime: 0h 51min 38sec total
Rip Date: 2016-02-26
Store Date: 2016-01-22
Track List:
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01. Back 3:52
02. Wear Me Out Loud 2:41
03. Born For Me 4:08
04. 1/2 2p 2:44
05. Sorry For Tomorrow Night 2:41
06. Dance To The Fight 2:16
07. Kissing Break 3:18
08. Just a Phase 3:26
09. Outta My System 3:40
10. Need the Guys 2:27
11. Love Out Loud 2:14
12. King of America 3:29
13. Little People 1:42
14. Whole Lotta Nothin' 3:51
15. Done Done Done 2:18
16. Hands Together 6:51
Release Notes:
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When Nineties alt-rocker Juliana Hatfield started working with Paul Westerberg
last year, she soon realized that much of the Replacements singer's greatest
work remained unreleased. "She brought a lot of this to life that otherwise
would have just sat down in the basement and sort of rotted," the notoriously
reclusive Westerberg has said.
Enter Wild Stab, Westerberg's first proper record in a dozen years, and his
inaugural collaboration with Hatfield. Recording as the I Don't Cares, the duo
assembled 16 ramshackle tracks: a mix of original material, never-before-heard
gems from Westerberg's basement archive, and re-recorded solo tunes from his
back catalog.
Opening tunes "Back" and "Wear Me Out Loud" are old Replacements outtakes that
gracefully channel the Minneapolis singer's Don't Tell a Soul-era pop
craftsmanship. Elsewhere, the duo tackle gentle alt-country ("╜ 2 P," "Sorry for
Tomorrow Night"), melodic power-pop ("Need the Guys," "King of America"), and
indignant, rockabilly-tinged punk ("Love Out Loud," "Done Done Done"). Hatfield
is front and center on several tunes, dueting with Westerberg on soft-spoken
ballads ("Kissing Break," "Just a Phase") and taking the occasional lead. Most
often, though, she sticks to the background, providing sweet harmony vocals and
lead guitar throughout.
Wild Stab chugs along pleasantly enough until "Hands Together," the 7-minute,
album-closing showstopper that serves as a devastating sequel of sorts to 1985's
"Here Comes a Regular." "Dreams I had before are now too bored to even show up,"
Westerberg sings in his scraggly mumble, proving that he can still pull off
weary resignation better than anyone.