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:: Release Info:
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:: Artist......> The Help
:: Title.......> Self Titled
:: Label.......> Independant
:: Genre.......> Indie
:: Rip.Date....> 05.18.2007
:: Street.Date.> 00.00.0000
:: Source......> CDDA
:: Quality.....> VBR / avg. 161kbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
:: Encoder.....> LAME 3.97/V2/VBRNEW
:: URL.........> http://www.thehelponline.com/
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:: Track Listing:
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:: 01. No Win Situation 04:37
:: 02. All I Can Stand 04:28
:: 03. The Call that Never Comes 03:51
:: 04. Speaking Freely 05:09
:: 05. Struggle with the Blues 05:09
:: 06. Things Aren't Always as They S 04:53
:: 07. Three Minutes Till Midnight 05:23
:: 08. Blow Us Away 03:46
:: 09. Serpent's Lament 04:58
:: 10. The Fix 05:36
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:: Total Playtime: 47:50 min
:: Total Size: 57,3 MB
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:: Release Notes:
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:: WhereÆs the Help when you want it? WhereÆs the Help when you
:: need it?ö Chances are, if it isnÆt coming to somebodyÆs
:: musical rescue in a nearby town, it can be found at its home
:: base between Raleigh and Durham, NC creating a dynamic mix of
:: original songs with a decidedly bluesy underpinning.
::
:: Band History
::
:: WeÆre not talking about the down in the Delta, back porch
:: variety of blues, nor the young hat-wearing, gun-slinging
:: type, though admirers of those styles could find something to
:: like with this group. While there may be occasional nods to
:: what has come before, as is often the case with music,
:: elements of rock and roll, country, and even reggae can be
:: found in the sound that is the HELP. Even those terms don't
:: fully suffice when trying to get a handle on the group in
:: totality.
::
:: Why the HELP? "We've all been paying our dues and kicking
:: around in bands throughout the years", says guitarist Jason
:: Barker. Performing musicians certainly know what its like to
:: be treated as the help at times. Then there's the notion that
:: weÆd like to help people with our music. The group has indeed
:: already been of help, coming together in the summer of 2005
:: to aid an ailing local musician by coordinating and playing a
:: medical fundraising event which drew in some of the Triangle
:: areas most prominent entertainers. "I donÆt think we have
:: this premeditated grand notion necessarily of changing the
:: world with what we do", Barker continues, "We are essentially
:: a rock and blues garage band looking for a good time. The
:: garage is really nice though, and we try to put the proper
:: amount of thought into our music and the craft of it".
::
:: After all, as one of their lyrics says "This ain't no Dylan
:: were talking about", the HELP isn't so much about pushing
:: political agendas or creating new religions unless your
:: political and religious platform is built upon honest music
:: played by real people with real instruments. That said, the
:: HELP is continually evolving and tries to avoid any
:: boundaries which would limit the parameters of their
:: expression. What you see today might not be what you get
:: tomorrow.
::
:: 2006 has seen the HELP busy in the studio completing their
:: debut album to be released in Feb 2007 for Kicking Bear
:: Records, with a second installment already in the works.
:: Consisting solely of original compositions, the band is
:: gearing up to embark upon a mission to bring its music to
:: whoever wants to hear it, and to some who probably don't.
:: "This is not about being another group that plays Mustang
:: Sally or Play That Funky Music White Boy", says Barker. Those
:: are all good and well; but we want to make songs that have
:: that kind of impact, where others want to play what we've
:: written. So while the band continues to evolve nothing seems
:: to be sacred in terms of lyrical content.
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:: Group Notes:
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:: We are currently looking for dedicated rippers, if you are interested you'll know how to reach us
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