ARTIST: Chin Up Chin Up
TITLE: This Harness Can't Ride Anything
LABEL: Suicide Squeeze Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 203kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 41m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-10-10
RIP DATE: 2006-08-12
Track List
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1. This Harness Can't Ride 4:43
Anything
2. Water Planes In Snow 3:47
3. We've Got To Keep Running 3:52
4. Islands Sink 3:41
5. Mansioned 3:55
6. I Need A Friend With A Boat 4:27
7. Blankets Like Beavers 4:45
8. Landlocked Lifeguards 5:02
9. Stolen Mountains 3:09
10. Trophies For Hire 4:22
Release Notes:
http://chinupchinup.com/
http://www.myspace.com/chinupchinup
http://www.suicidesqueeze.net/
Windy city avant-pop combo Chin Up Chin Up have just handed in the stunning
master of their second proper full-length û entitled ôThis Harness CanÆt Ride
Anything.ö Recorded by Sir Brian Deck [Iron And Wine, Red Red Meat, Modest
Mouse] at his Engine Studios, the tracks are a joyful mix of shifting dynamics,
stuttering riffs, and buoyant arrangements all held together by front man Jeremy
BolenÆs scratched up discourse on breasts, beavers, and Minnesota. The resulting
record takes its cues from 2004Æs We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were
Skyscrapers, but ups the ante considerably, weaving their hyper-literate song
craft in with a new sense of melody and wit.
Chin Up Chin Up has been kicking up Midwest soil for a few years now, releasing
records and playing together since 2002. Later that year, the band released a
self-titled EP, which inspired MOJO's call for readers to "meet your new
favourite Chicago art-pop band." Chin Up Chin Up then began touring incessantly
and has yet to let up. Now joined full time by The NarratorÆs Jesse Woghin on
bass, Chin Up Chin Up recently got off the road after playing an armful of shows
with label mates Minus The Bear and are slated to play the Pitchfork Music
Festival this Summer before heading out again in the fall leading up to the
October 10th release date.