Artist.......: Alamo Race Track
Album........: Back Cat John Brown
Label........: Excelsior
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Oct-06-2006
str.date.....: Oct-21-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.alamoracetrack.com
track title time
01. back cat john brown 03:39
02. don't beat this dog 02:44
03. stanley vs hannah 03:44
04. kiss me bar 02:37
05. the northrern territory 04:11
06. my heart 04:18
07. the killing 04:48
08. on the beach 02:50
09. lee j. cobb is screaming a lot 04:31
10. breaker - breaker 1-2 03:03
11. the open sea 03:12
12. chocolate years 03:11
Runtime 42:48 min
Size 61,4 MB
Release Notes:
About their previous album:
"The Austin Chronicle" (Sat. March 20, 2004):
"[...] Amsterdam's Alamo race track, on the other
hand, does rock. Brittle and discordant riffs play
off melodic vocals, with the guitar players using
the tonal contrast of Gibson and Fender guitars to
good advantage. Their chunky, pounding intesity
calls to mind Jesus Lizard or Jawbox, with a power
and gravity the opening band never quite mustered
up. Closer "Tell me what is going on" hit a
double-time tempo with an urgency that wrapped up
their set like a nice little package of arsenic."
(Jerry Renshaw)
French press:
'Une merveille de rock atmospherique et tranchant,
par des hollandais volants. [...]En abrege, Alamo
Race Track donne ART - et c'en est.' Les
Inrockuptibles
'Alamo Race Track livre un album qui donne
furieusement envie de vire, une bouffee d'oxygene
dans l'ambiance morose collective de la pop
actuelle. [...] Alors que d'autres tentent le
pluralisme stylistique sans rien vraiment
maitriser, Alamo Race Track se permet le luxe de
multiplier les directions sans jamais nous
emmerder.' Rock Mag
'On ne va pas y aller par quatre chemins, ce disque
est tres bon, mais alors tres bon. Race, classe,
vivifiant, plaintif et fragile [...] A caler
quelque part entre les Strokes et Radiohead, Birds
at Home est un plaisir de disque, a decouvrir vite
fait." Velvet
Comes With A Smile (CWAS #13, november 2003), From
the Dutch label that brought us classic albums from
the likes of Daryll-Ann, Johan and Bauer, comes new
signings Alamo Race Track. Frontman Ralph Mulder
didn't find these songs peering into an empty beer
bottle, or in the parting note of a lost love.
Instead that least-likely rock'n'roll pastime,
bird-watching [stop sniggering at the back please]
inspired this set of neo popsongs. Short Leave is
sung with the breathy intimacy of Dakota Suite,
although its piano backing has a spring in its
step, and Summer Holiday is every bit the
soundtrack to a super-8 film of a student-packed
car cruising the seafront, interspersed with some
volleyball scenes of course. Between the two
extremes 'Birds at Home' delivers some classy,
contemporary pop that owes a debt to the likes of
Radiohead and first album Sparklehorse, whilst
tapping into the New York water supply on the
upbeat Wild Bees, Speed Up and We Like To Go On. It
makes for a schizophrenic listen, as Mulder and Co
swing between subtle acoustic mood music and punchy
new wave, his expressive voice negotiating the
curves with ease.
(Matt Dornan)