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█ ARTiST : Maritime █
█ ALBUM : Glass Floor █
█ LABEL : Desoto █
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▄ ENCODER : Lame 3.90.3 / APS ▄
█ STREET : May-31-2004 █
█ RELEASE : Apr-26-2004 █
█ GENRE : Indie █
█ QUALiTY : VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo █
█ SOURCE : CDDA █
█ TYPE : Album █
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▄ + TRACK LiSTiNG + ▄
█ [#] [Track Name] [time] █
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█ 01. The Window Is The Door 04:01 █
█ 02. Sleep Around 03:25 █
█ 03. Some One Has To Die 03:19 █
█ 04. King Of Doves 04:13 █
█ 05. We've Got To Get Out 02:40 █
█ 06. James 03:31 █
█ 07. A Night Like This 04:18 █
█ 08. Souvenirs 02:45 █
█ 09. Adios 02:44 █
█ 10. I'm Not Afraid 04:01 █
█ 11. If All My Days Go By 02:53 █
█ 12. Lights 02:43 █
█ 13. Human Beings 04:34 █
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▄ + RELEASE iNFORMATiON + ▄
█ █
█ The Promise Ring broke upùdid you know that? It didnÆt make █
█ Dan RatherÆs show or anything; it was just a quiet, █
█ well-timed end to a band that made four albums to be proud █
█ of, including 2002Æs mellow swansong Wood/Water. █
█ █
█ The Dismemberment Plan broke up, too. More on that in a █
█ minute. █
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█ HereÆs why the storyÆs not over, though: Promise Ring █
█ singer-guitarist Davey von Bohlen has an appetite for █
█ songwriting that borders on addiction, and even sometimes █
█ gets in the way of his playing basketball. Even when The █
█ Promise Ring was busy as hell, he wrote more songs than they █
█ could use, recording them with PR drummer Dan Didier under █
█ the name Vermont. They released two full-length albums. █
█ █
█ Enter Maritime, though not exactly. After a brief respite, █
█ Dan and Davey rejoined musical forces in 2003 with the █
█ intention of starting something freshùnot quite the chilled █
█ ambience of Wood/Water-era Promise Ring, not the too-casual █
█ four-track vibe of Vermont, but something that rolled █
█ together the best of what they had done in the past, █
█ shot-through with new life. █
█ █
█ The Dismemberment Plan broke up after four albums, too, and █
█ silly was the man who met their bass player Eric Axelson and █
█ didnÆt love him, at least platonically. Dan and Davey got to █
█ him before anyone else could, and convinced him to join this █
█ new band, which for a brief few months was known as In █
█ English, before clearer heads prevailed. █
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█ Before AxelsonÆs tour of duty with the D. Plan was finished, █
█ this new trio (aided by some ace horn, keys, and string █
█ players in the studio) had recorded a whopping 15 songs with █
█ ⁿber-producer J. Robbins, a man whose production and rocking █
█ credits would take years to list. █
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█ A few of those songs made it to eager fansÆ hands as the █
█ limited-edition Adios EP, a five-tracker the band █
█ self-released via its own Foreign Leisure label. But, oh, █
█ wait a second: They saved some good stuff. Some incredible █
█ stuff. Some of the most textured and mature songs of their █
█ lilÆ songwriting lives. On May 31, those songs will be set █
█ free by DeSoto Records as Glass Floor, MaritimeÆs debut █
█ full-length. █
█ █
█ If Wood/Water vexed fans by taking two steps forward and no █
█ steps back, Glass Floor remedies the situation with what █
█ might be called, in old school rock and roll terms, a slight █
█ return. More muscular pop songs find their way back into the █
█ mix: ôAdiosö and ôSomeone Has To Dieö bounce around █
█ gleefully as if theyÆd been locked up for weeks. █
█ █
█ But Glass FloorÆs real strength is its perfect middle. █
█ Filled with grown-up pop songs that arenÆt afraid to embrace █
█ the wobbliness of youth, the album exudes the kind of █
█ confidence that only comes with having lived it. ôAll My █
█ Daysö nods at the lost UK pop of the late æ80s and early █
█ æ90s, ôSouvenirsö marries melancholy to a lovingly lazy █
█ beat, and itÆs all capped with ôHuman Beings,ö a song that █
█ perfectly sums all thatÆs right about Glass Floor with its █
█ simple, heartfelt declarations. █
█ Unashamedly equal parts reintroduction and new beginning, █
█ MaritimeÆs Glass Floor embraces its pedigree but steers it █
█ in new directions. DonÆt forget what you know about Davey, █
█ Dan, and EricÆs old bands, but donÆt get nostalgic either. █
█ ItÆs like the man said, ôWhatÆs past is prologue.ö █
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+[ There's nothing more fun than ignoring the rest of the world ]+