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Artist | Shannon & The Clams
Title | Onion
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 41:05
Label | Easy Eye Sound Store | 2018
Catalog | EES-004 Rip | 2018
Bitrate | 241 kbps Size | 74.69 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. The Boy 3:02
02. Its Gonna Go Away 3:11
03. Backstreets 3:26
04. If You Could Know 1:52
05. I Never Wanted Love 3:39
06. Onion 2:46
07. Did You Love Me 3:32
08. Love Strike 2:47
09. I Leave Again 3:09
10. Tryin' 3:57
11. Tell Me When You Leave 2:22
12. Strange Wind 3:21
13. Dont Close Your Eyes 4:01
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Mixing together the doo wop and early rock & roll of the 50's, the dramatic
girl group sounds of the 60's, and some punky snarl imported from 1977,
Oakland, California's Shannon & The Clams came up with a sound that was
charmingly retro but never stale. Formed in the late 2000s by vocalist and
bassist Shannon Shaw, vocalist/guitarist Cody Blanchard, and drummer Ian
Amberson while going to art school, they began playing shows around town
and soon released a single on Weird Hug Records. They next hooked up with
1-2-3-4 Go! Records for their debut album, 2009's "I Wanna Go Home".
Released in 2018, "Onion" finds Shannon & The Clams going through some
changes. While the album is a long way from glossy, it's their most
polished effort to date; Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys produced the
sessions, and though his presence isn't intrusive, the production on this
material is cleaner and more mannered than this group has seen in the past,
and he's added more layers of instrumentation than is their custom. And
while Shannon & The Clams have usually been ready to get the party started,
"Onion" finds them in a slightly more somber mood.
Onion was primarily written in the wake of the tragic December 2016 fire at
the Oakland, California DIY venue Ghost Ship; the band had played the space
in the past, and had friends among the 36 people who lost their lives. As
one would expect, there's a bit more time spent contemplating life's
consequences on "Onion", especially on tracks like the runaway's tale of
"Backstreets", the moody contemplation of fate in "Strange Wind," and the
bittersweet memories of "Don't Close Your Eyes".
But if "Onion" is a few shades darker than Shannon & The Clams have seemed
in the past, musically it's still full of the joy of life, built on the
50's and 60's pop frameworks that are their bread and butter, and Shannon
Shaw's strong, soulful lead vocals can communicate both passion and blues
with equal skill (and Will Sprott's keyboards still evoke the low-tech
brilliance of Joe Meek as well as anyone in the 21st century).
"Onion" is mature and contemplative compared to Shannon & The Clams'
earlier efforts, but it's music that comes from a place of celebration
and love, and these songs will make you dance and sing along - and that's
what this band has always done best.
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