Grand_Champeen-Dial_T_For_This-2007-MP3

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2007-02-02

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  ███               Grand Champeen - Dial T For This
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  ███            Artist - Grand Champeen
  ███            Album - Dial T For This
  ███            Label - In Music We Trust Records
  ███            Street Date - 04/10/2007
  ███            Release Date - 02/01/2007
  ███            Genre - Indie
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  ███       #     NAME                                 TIME
  ███       01.   What It Beats                        00:51
  ███       02.   Different Sort Of Story              02:38
  ███       03.   Nice Of You To Join Us               03:40
  ███       04.   Wounded Eye                          02:57
  ███       05.   Can I See You Again                  02:17
  ███       06.   Cities On The Plain                  03:25
  ███       07.   Gonna Be The Death Of Me             02:42
  ███       08.   Raul Vela                            02:55
  ███       09.   Rottweiler Hair                      02:05
  ███       10.   To The Ides                          02:57
  ███       11.   Take Me Home                         02:47
  ███       12.   The Songs You Want To Hear           02:25
  ███       13.   Olivia                               05:07
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        ▀  ▄ Release Notes                                                 ███
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       Austin-based rock 'n' roll quartet Grand Champeen will              ███
       release their new album, "Dial 'T' For This" nationally on          ███
       April 10, 2007 via Portland, Oregon-based independent record        ███
       label, In Music We Trust Records.                                   ███
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       Grand Champeen are Michael Crow (guitar/vocals), Alex               ███
       Livingstone (bass/vocals), Ned Stewart (drums), and Channing        ███
       Lewis (vocals/guitar).                                              ███
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       "The most important thing to note about this record is that         ███
       we recorded and mixed it to tape, without the aid of Pro            ███
       Tools or any editing software," proudly states Channing             ███
       Lewis, front man for Grand Champeen.                                ███
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       The thirteen-track album was recorded, engineered, mixed, and       ███
       mastered by the band at their Austin-based recording studio.        ███
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       It is their fourth full-length, and first for In Music We           ███
       Trust Records.  The record follows 2000's self-released "Out        ███
       Front by the Van", 2002's "Battle Cry for Help (Glurp), and         ███
       2003's "The One That Brought You" (Glurp).                          ███
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       "We recorded ["Dial 'T' For This"] ourselves, as we always          ███
       have, but we were way harder on ourselves than ever before,"        ███
       explains Lewis.  "We set out to achieve a much tighter sound        ███
       than 2003╣s îThe One That Brought You╣ (Glurp Records), which       ███
       was about as sloppy as records get."                                ███
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       The band decided they wanted a more precise record, one that        ███
       was more structure than slop, but equally heartfelt and             ███
       potent.                                                             ███
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       "We were successful in getting that level of precision, but         ███
       it was a lot of hard work. It was a real learning process,          ███
       but it was a desire born out of touring with some really            ███
       great bands, and humbly recognizing some of our                     ███
       shortcomings," Lewis confesses.  "It╣s not like we wanted to        ███
       make a Steely Dan or Rush album, or anything like that, but         ███
       we knew we wanted to have some sparse arrangements, and             ███
       sparse-ness and slop don╣t mix."                                    ███
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       The record is filled with moments that have each band member        ███
       ecstatic and ready to tour in support of the record to show         ███
       it off to the world.                                                ███
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       Whether it╣s Michael Crow playing the strings on "What It           ███
       Beats", the album opener, a pure haunting arrangement that          ███
       gives the short song its depth, or Ned Stewart╣s drumming           ███
       from start to finish, the band knows all their hard work and        ███
       energy they put into this paid off.                                 ███
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       Other highlights on the album include the vocal harmonies on        ███
       "Wounded Eye", the use of piano throughout ("Something we╣ve        ███
       been wanting to incorporate for a long time," says Lewis), or       ███
       even the bass lick at the :45 marker in "To The Ideas".             ███
       Everything on the album has its place and gives "Dial îT╣ For       ███
       This" its sound.                                                    ███
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       But, even with the extra time spent tightening up and               ███
       polishing the recording, it is still a Grand Champeen record,       ███
       and it still rocks.  And rocks a lot.                               ███
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Files

PathSize
01-grand_champeen-what_it_beats.mp31,02 MB
02-grand_champeen-different_sort_of_story.mp33,63 MB
03-grand_champeen-nice_of_you_to_join_us.mp34,88 MB
04-grand_champeen-wounded_eye.mp34,30 MB
05-grand_champeen-can_i_see_you_again.mp33,11 MB
06-grand_champeen-cities_on_the_plain.mp35,29 MB
07-grand_champeen-gonna_be_the_death_of_me.mp34,03 MB
08-grand_champeen-raul_vela.mp34,12 MB
09-grand_champeen-rottweiler_hair.mp33,29 MB
10-grand_champeen-to_the_ides.mp34,03 MB
11-grand_champeen-take_me_home.mp34,50 MB
12-grand_champeen-the_songs_you_want_to_hear.mp33,54 MB
13-grand_champeen-olivia.mp36,50 MB