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:: Release Info:
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:: Artist......> Day and Age
:: Title.......> Via Moderna
:: Label.......> North Park
:: Genre.......> Rock
:: Rip.Date....> 07.27.2005
:: Street.Date.> 00.00.0000
:: Source......> CDDA
:: Quality.....> VBRkbps - Full Stereo
:: Play Time...> 45:04 min
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:: Track Listing:
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:: 01. Frontiers and Monuments
:: 02. You Are Not U.S.
:: 03. How Sweet Does Your Sugar Taste
:: 04. Let's Write A Story About
:: 05. Eyeing the Line
:: 06. Frame on Frame
:: 07. Bones Blush Blue
:: 08. The Day I Saw the Ice
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:: Release Notes:
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:: Day and Age pride themselves on their lo-fi sensibilities,
:: and the San Diego trio stay true to their roots with Via
:: Moderna. It's a live album, apparently an attempt to capture
:: the band's on-stage energy. However, the live context does
:: nothing for Day and Age's vocals, which hover somewhere
:: between The Wonder Stuff and Perry Farrell's high-pitched
:: whine. It's clear, then, that Day and Age have to rely on the
:: music to make their mark with listeners. In that sense,
:: they're fairly effective: standouts "How Sweet Does Your
:: Sugar Taste" and "You Are Not U.S." rock with undeniably
:: frenzied energy. The highlight, however, is "Let's Write A
:: Story About", an intriguingly visceral play on the common
:: "broken heart" trope: "Let's write a story about love / and
:: loudly crack open the sternum / plot device infections of the
:: vena cava inferior / this left ventricle is weak / do a
:: triple bypass to sustain this facsimile."
::
:: While the album's raw production and occasionally grating
:: vocals may give some listeners pause, discerning rock fans
:: will find Via Moderna full of charm and hooks, as well as a
:: lot of heart (try not to get any on you!).
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:: Http://www.northparkrecords.com
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:: RiP iN PeACe!
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