Rich_Aucoin-United_States-(HVN006)-CD-2020-FANG

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2020-10-16

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    :    Artist......: Rich Aucoin
    :    Album.......: United States                                      :
    :    Label.......: Haven Sounds                                   .. .:.. .
         Genre.......: Indie                                              :
         Catnr.......: HVN006                                             .
    '    Source......: CD                                                 ,
    ;    Rip.date....: 2020-10-16
         Str.date....: 2020-09-18
         Quality.....: 254kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo                     . :..
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         1.    Kayfabe, CA                                       2:43
         2.    How It Breaks, AZ                                 3:39
         3.    Red Rocks, NM                                     3:03
         4.    Walls, TX                                         3:17
         5.    Reset, OK                                         3:05
         6.    This Is It, AK                                    2:50
         7.    Civil, TN                                         3:30
         8.    Trip, VA                                          3:24
         9.    Blue Highways, MD                                 2:05
         10.   Dopamine, PA                                      3:54
         11.   Eulogy Of Regret, NJ                              3:53
         12.   American Dream, NY                                3:43


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    ,:   Rich Aucoin has never been short on ambitions or concepts. From   :,
     :   his first EP, Personal Publicationùon which he played over two    :
     :'  dozen instruments and wrote it to sync to How the Grinch Stole   ':
    ,:   Christmasùto WeÆre All Dying to LiveÆs 500 performers, to his     :,
     :   death mediation Release, the pop anthemist has always dug deep    :
     :'  and gone big. But this is the first time heÆs written a record   ':
    ,:   from the grounds of a crumbling empire.                           :,
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     :'  In the spring of 2018, Aucoin set off from Los Angeles on one    ':
    ,:   of his customarily challenging (and eco-friendly) tours. Final    :,
     :   stop: New York City. Vehicle: Bicycle.                            :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   He travelled the perimeter of the United States, down the west    :,
     :   coast, across the south, and up the eastern seaboard. He saw a    :
     :'  country, two years into a dictatorship, divided and hurting. A   ':
    ,:   pair of wheels and his own two feet took him through landscapes   :,
     :   varied in their construction and grandeur, from the boarded-up    :
     :'  storefronts of Route 66 to the fountain formation of Red Rocks.  ':
    ,:   Tiny towns and major cities. Thriving and fading.                 :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  At night, after cycling dozens of kilometres in a day, he would  ':
    ,:   write about and demo the things he saw. Two years later, with     :,
     :   its namesake country on the precipice of ruin, heÆs turned that   :
     :'  travelogue into United States: A journey through the states of   ':
    ,:   consciousness that unite us all.                                  :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  He began with an idea in each state, and fleshed those out       ':
    ,:   lyrically while staying connected to something in that state,     :,
     :   creating a living historical document: Opener ôKayfabeö           :
     :'  (California) updates the Beach Boys; ôHow It Breaksö (Arizona)   ':
    ,:   is the only song that contains a recording from the original      :,
     :   trip; ôWallsö (Texas) references the wall being built at the      :
     :'  US-Mexico border; and closer ôAmerican Dreamö (New York) evokes  ':
    ,:   the Statue of Liberty, the traditional starting place for         :,
     :   immigrants seeking the American Dream.                            :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   The dozen songs of United States are pure popùa passive listener  :,
     :   might miss the political, socio-economic, and humanistic          :
     :'  observations threaded in their lyrics. Always one to trumpet     ':
    ,:   and pay tribute to his influences, Aucoin digs into the history   :,
     :   of American music as far back as New Orleans R&B and as recent    :
     :'  as the garage rock made by the White Stripes in Detroit and the  ':
    ,:   gauzy indie spun by Beach House from Baltimore, art made from     :,
     :   major American cities that have fallen and been reborn.           :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   As a Canadian visiting another land, Aucoin also holds a keen     :,
     :   outsiderÆs perspective, as David Bowie did in the 1970s when he   :
     :'  wrote Young Americans. ôHow It Breaksö is a veritable United     ':
    ,:   Nations of style, with the vocal melody riffing on The Beatles    :,
     :   ôCome Togetherö while using the same Garageband sample as         :
     :'  RihannaÆs ôUmbrella.ö In addition to the physical territory      ':
    ,:   Aucoin traversed, heÆs travelling new artistic ground as well:    :,
     :   This is the quickest heÆs ever made an album, recording it in a   :
     :'  handful of studios across Canada. ItÆs got just 16               ':
    ,:   collaborators. It doesnÆt sync up with an existing film. ItÆs a   :,
     :   deliberately minimal work from a joyously maximal artist. True,   :
     :'  he had to power himself across an entire country, but he came    ':
    ,:   out on the other side with his most focused, deeply realized,     :,
     :   catchiest album yet.                                              :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   As the United States reckons with its narcissistic leader, its    :,
     :   splintering systems, and a fed-up populace determined to have     :
     :'  its voice heard, United States offers a soundtrack for these     ':
    ,:   unwieldy, unpredictable days. It doesnÆt pull any punches or      :,
     :   sugarcoat any truths, but itÆs got faith, and hope, and heart.    :
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00-rich_aucoin-united_states-(hvn006)-cd-2020-proof.jpg831,55 KB
00-rich_aucoin-united_states-(hvn006)-cd-2020.m3u385 B
00-rich_aucoin-united_states-(hvn006)-cd-2020.nfo10,02 KB
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01-rich_aucoin-kayfabe_ca.mp34,92 MB
02-rich_aucoin-how_it_breaks_az.mp36,71 MB
03-rich_aucoin-red_rocks_nm.mp35,61 MB
04-rich_aucoin-walls_tx.mp35,95 MB
05-rich_aucoin-reset_ok.mp35,56 MB
06-rich_aucoin-this_is_it_ak.mp35,14 MB
07-rich_aucoin-civil_tn.mp36,51 MB
08-rich_aucoin-trip_va.mp36,14 MB
09-rich_aucoin-blue_highways_md.mp33,85 MB
10-rich_aucoin-dopamine_pa.mp37,47 MB
11-rich_aucoin-eulogy_of_regret_nj.mp37,11 MB
12-rich_aucoin-american_dream_ny.mp36,69 MB