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::: LABEL ....: Drive-Thru :::
::: GENRE ....: Rock :::
::: RDATE ....: 2017-08-04 :::
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::: 01. Dead And Gone 3:41 :::
::: 02. New Disaster 3:46 :::
::: 03. Murderous 3:57 :::
::: 04. Green Eyes 4:40 :::
::: 05. I Took A Beating 2:22 :::
::: 06. Wasted 4:34 :::
::: 07. Always 3:42 :::
::: 08. This Is Dungeon Music 2:45 :::
::: 09. Symphony 4:16 :::
::: 10. Emergency 3:56 :::
::: 11. Clean Up 3:47 :::
::: 12. My Second Restraining Order 5:04 :::
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::: Touring in a band can be eye-opening, engendering a greater :::
::: sense of self and the world. In the six years Vinnie Caruana :::
::: sang with The Movielife, he learned how to write songs, win :::
::: over audiences and survive living with the same guys for :::
::: months at a time. But it was the 18 months after The :::
::: Movielife's 2003 breakup that prompted the greatest personal :::
::: and creative growth. :::
::: :::
::: "I went through some of the worst stuff I've ever had to :::
::: deal with and some of the best stuff, too" Caruana says. "It :::
::: really woke me up to a lot of things and it was humbling, :::
::: too. The Movielife got off the stage in front of 3,000 kids, :::
::: and then two days later I was working construction in Crown :::
::: Heights, Brooklyn. So, my whole life and perspective changed :::
::: dramatically." :::
::: :::
::: When Caruana finally decided to play music again, he had :::
::: plenty of material from which to draw. I Am The Avalanche, :::
::: the self-titled debut by his new band, is energized, :::
::: melodic, turbulent, scathing and vulnerable, reflecting the :::
::: frustration, instability and hope of its creator and :::
::: resonating with the twists and turns of an artist coming to :::
::: grips with the situations he has faced and overcome. :::
::: :::
::: "I wanted to write about the things that were really :::
::: affecting me emotionally and were basically just killing :::
::: me," Caruana says. "I had a huge, long amazing relationship :::
::: with someone, who I pretty much thought I was gonna marry. :::
::: Then that ended in the worst way possible. And, I had to :::
::: deal with the really severe drug problems of some people, :::
::: and that put a huge brand on me. But while I was away from :::
::: music, I got to spend time with friends and family for the :::
::: first time in years. And that was really great, so those :::
::: kinds of beautiful feelings are on the new record, too." :::
::: :::
::: Indeed, I Am The Avalanche covers a broad spectrum of sound :::
::: and emotion. "Dead and Gone" features clawing guitars, :::
::: bobbing bass lines and a dreamy, harmony-laden chorus, :::
::: "Murderous" is colored with a reggae-tinged rhythm and an :::
::: infectious power pop riff. "Green Eyes" starts with an :::
::: aching guitar line wrapped around a bare vocal and evolves :::
::: into a chugging rocker with an incredible refrain, and "I :::
::: Took a Beating" is a fist-to-the-face track charged with :::
::: attitude and anguish. :::
::: :::
::: Lyrically, the album is equally powerful, addressing :::
::: Caruana's most personal fears and dreams with the candor of :::
::: a diary. "Dead and Gone," for instance, puts closure on his :::
::: relationship with the girl he thought he'd spend the rest of :::
::: his life with. "It starts out with me floating on the bottom :::
::: of a swimming pool with my eyes open looking around for :::
::: something," he says. "I'm on this quest to find the girl :::
::: that hurt me so badly. I'm on a search to find the other :::
::: her, the one I was so in love with because she's been gone :::
::: for so long. And finally I figure out that she's dead and :::
::: gone and that chapter of my life is over and I have to move :::
::: on and get on with what I'm supposed to be doing, which is :::
::: this band." :::
::: :::
::: Then there's "New Disaster," the mission statement of a :::
::: Murphy's law adherent who's always waiting for the floor to :::
::: fall out. "I'm so used to disappointment that I'm always :::
::: ready for it," he explains. "The song is about knowing a :::
::: person so well and just waiting for them to ruin something :::
::: else, just waiting for that next train wreck." :::
::: :::
::: Caruana started writing songs for I Am The Avalanche on :::
::: acoustic guitar after he moved from New York to San :::
::: Francisco to work with Head Automatica. He entered the :::
::: studio and cut a batch of demos last year, still unsure if :::
::: he would use the songs in a new band. "I just think my :::
::: vision was shot of what's good or even if what I'm doing is :::
::: still relevant," he says. "So I played them for some friends :::
::: and they were like, 'Dude, these are the best songs you've :::
::: ever written.' So, that restored my confidence and when I :::
::: moved back to New York, I decided to put a band together and :::
::: do it for real." :::
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::: He called ex-Further Seems Forever guitarist Brandon Swanson :::
::: and convinced him to relocate to New York. Then he hired :::
::: bassist Kellen Robson, who used to be in the Long Island :::
::: hardcore band Scraps And Heart Attacks, with whom The :::
::: Movielife once toured. Next came guitarist Michael Ireland, :::
::: who Caruana met in Virginia Beach and eventually moved in :::
::: with when Ireland moved to Brooklyn. :::
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::: "He was a Movielife fan and we had met and kept in touch :::
::: throughout the late 90s. When I saw him again, he came up to :::
::: me and said, 'I just moved to Brooklyn and I definitely want :::
::: to check out your new stuff,'" Caruana says. "So, I went to :::
::: his place and there was an empty bedroom there. I had just :::
::: moved out of my parents' house, so I moved in with Mike, and :::
::: he was living with Brett, who turned out to be a drummer in :::
::: a band called Reservoir. He filled in for us and after our :::
::: first practice we were like, 'Dude, quit your other band, :::
::: please. This is so, so good.' Fortunately, he did" :::
::: :::
::: Caruana named the band I Am The Avalanche after one of the :::
::: first lyrics he wrote for the group. Not only does the name :::
::: sum up the tumbling vibe of the music, it represents the :::
::: landslide effect the past two years have had on the singer. :::
::: "When I was starting the band, I listed all of the things I :::
::: was feeling at the time and all the things I felt I was," he :::
::: says. "And one of the things I wrote was, 'I am an :::
::: avalanche,' I was feeling like it was completely time for me :::
::: to come back and write songs again and get all this stuff :::
::: off my chest. I was completely overflowing and this stuff :::
::: was just spilling out of me." :::
::: :::
::: I Am The Avalanche flew to Seattle in April 2005 and spent a :::
::: month working with producer Barrett Jones (Nirvana, Foo :::
::: Fighters, Melvins, Jesus Lizard). They recorded in three :::
::: different studios and employed unconventional techniques :::
::: that yielded stunning results. "Barrett made us turn down :::
::: our amps all the way to the point where everyone could :::
::: barely hear one another," Caruana says. "We usually practice :::
::: on 11, so that was really different, but he did that so he :::
::: could listen to the actual songs without any of the noise. :::
::: Then, we sorted out a lot of the songs and made them better. :::
::: I felt so lucky to be able to work with someone of Barrett's :::
::: caliber." :::
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::: Like most recording sessions, there were ups and downs -- :::
::: moments of anxiety when it looked like the album might never :::
::: get finished and periods of elation when everything was :::
::: running like a new stock car engine. But the moment of :::
::: reckoning came when the band finished its last bit of :::
::: tracking and Barrett played a rough mix of the album through :::
::: the studio soundboard. :::
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::: "We got some lunch and listened to the whole thing for the :::
::: first time, and we were just freaking out," Caruana says. :::
::: "Some of our friends from Seattle were there hanging out :::
::: with us and we were all so stoked. We were like, 'Holy shit, :::
::: we just did that.' That's when I really knew that this was :::
::: for real." :::
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