ARTIST: The Jena Campaign
TITLE: A Panda For Amanda
LABEL: Nobody's Favorite Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 165kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 41m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-00-00
RIP DATE: 2007-05-04
Track List
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1. You Stole My Car And Then You 3:07
Stole My Heart
2. A Born Again Christian Upon 4:43
Reading The Da Vinci Code
3. Girl On Drugs 2:19
4. Our Weekend In Kansas 4:23
5. Wyoming 3:58
6. A Panda For Amanda 3:13
7. London, Northampton, And So 5:30
Forth
8. Baby, You're A Stranger 7:16
9. Red Eye To Chicago 4:31
10. Cheyenne Skyline 2:02
Release Notes:
Turn that frown upside down. The Jena Campaign's 2005 self-titled debut was
characterized by its dirgefulness and torpidity ("slow-folk-core" being the apt
terminology), but now TJC is back with a (mostly) more mobile and livelier
second effort. "You stole my car, and then you stole my heart" singer and
storyteller Matt Maggiacomo proclaims on the opening song, but, judging by the
tone of this track and other upbeat selections off of A Panda For Amanda, we
think that overall he's pretty much OK with that. Just like he's apparently OK
with "A Girl On Drugs" and the fact that Jesus was a drama queen. A Panda For
Amanda is about learning to laugh at things and about embracing life in the face
of sadness. Additional instrumentation of banjo (Mark Mandeville), mandolin
(also Mark), upright bass (Zack Ciras), and plaintive female vocals (Raianne
Richards) adds an alt-country tinge to an album that is a triumph over despair.