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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.....: 868 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://richaucoin.bandcamp.com
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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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\ / ________ Runtime 39:06
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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. :,
: :
:' 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: creating a living historical document: Opener ôKayfabeö :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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