ARTIST: Finn's Motel
TITLE: Escape Velocity
LABEL: Scat
GENRE: Indie
TIME: 47:42 min
SIZE: 64,8 MB
RIP DATE: Oct-24-2006
RELEASE DATE: Sep-19-2006
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Dramamine For Engine 3 04:25
02. Accelerate and Brake 02:17
03. Highway Hawk 01:13
04. Recent Linear Landscapes 02:58
05. Alright Tonight 03:35
06. Eero Saarinen 01:32
07. The Physics of Drunk Driving 02:49
08. Hangover In An Aging Suburb 03:50
09. Exit Strategy Failed 01:03
10. Concord Village Optimist Club 02:37
11. On The Need For Repeatable Systems 01:12
12. Of Cycles and Engines 03:08
13. Shrinking Violet 03:56
14. Postcard 01:42
15. Arizona Sandstorm 03:24
16. Equilibirium 03:50
17. Universal Hum 04:11
Release Notes:
Genius GBV/Robert Pollard pop perfection moments are
all over Finn`s Hotel "Escape Velocity", which means
due the later focus of the songs here on pop hooks,
this release is more consistent, immediate and
listenable for many folks here. " Call oJe Thebeau
the John Updike of 21st-century power-pop.. For
years he toiled away in his basement studio,
mad-scientist-like, and the long hours clearly paid
off. Escape Velocity is polished but still
passionate, a great-sounding album that doesnt sound
fussed over.. A bit like a less anglophilic Robert
Pollard or a more straightforward Scott Miller (Game
Theory, the Loud Family), Thebeau favors sticky
hooks and sing-along choruses bolstered by smart
lyrics, memorable melodies, and unconventional
arrangements. Its a tried-and-true template that
never gets tired, at least not when its done
properly, which it seldom is. As he explains in his
press bio, The Beatles made me love pop. Cheap Trick
made me want to start a band. Angus Young made me
want to play guitar. You can hear all those
influences on Escape Velocity, but theyre filtered
through a singular imagination, making Thebeau part
of a continuing tradition rather than a derivative
offshoot of one. Confident enough to know what he
likes and competent enough to execute it, he
embodies and manages to redeem that most unrocking
and underrated of qualities: maturity. In the
never-never land of rock & roll, where Peter Pans
prevail, thats no small accomplishment."-Illinois
Times.