Middlepicker - Brings The Nasty
ARTIST.....: Middlepicker
TITLE......: Brings The Nasty
LABEL......: Self-Released
URL........: www.royaltyetc.com/middlepicker
RIP DATE...: Jul-01-2007
STORE DATE.: Apr-01-2005
GENRE......: Indie
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 46,2 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Subtle Sway 02:18
02 - Last Of The True Detectives 02:49
03 - The Nasty 03:04
04 - The Friction Slows 02:33
05 - Overdrive 02:56
06 - Hark! 03:17
07 - Flea Flicker 03:19
08 - West = Death 02:59
09 - Pilot 02:26
10 - Burning Up On Re-Entry 03:28
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29:09 min
Release Notes:
www.myspace.com/middlepicker
Middlepicker is a four-piece rock band from Minneapolis. Utterly
lacking any ingenuity of their own, Middlepicker blantantly
thieves from whosoever they deem worthy (see influences). However
they look much better than those groups and figured that the
easiest way to get on a stage and show off their wares was to play
the rock music. They made a recording with Minneapolis bad boy
Mike Wisti in the vain hopes of attaining some level of street
cred. But to no avail... they were immediately dismissed as
sell-outs when 'Middlepicker Brings The Nasty' outsold every
record that never existed in the months following its April 1st
release. Their follow-up release, Middlepicker Walks The Plank,
churns out the same old scathing guitars, dancable beats and hooks
aplenty that made their debut so forgettable.
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The perfect soundtrack for close quarter drink spilling, impulsive
decision making and pirate-themed parties, up-and-coming quartet
MiddlepickerÆs nervous energy and endless melodies have quickly
found a permanent presence on my summer playlist. Led by a
triumvirate of skewed vocalistsùbassist Kristin Anderson and
guitarists Bill Zastera and Kyle KosierackiùMiddlepickerÆs stacks
of interweaving spiky guitar lines instantly recall past college
rock greats like Superchunk and the Pixies, but their three-headed
overlapping vocal approach provides a fresh twist wholly their
own.
Their 2005 debut offering, Middlepicker Brings the Nasty, set the
template - colliding call-and-response vocal melodies, electric
guitars alternately cleanly strummed and power-chorded into
submission and energy to burn. Throw in a helping of obtuse
lyricism equally intent on capturing hysterical highs and
desperate longing and you've got the party record of the year
hands down. The band even seemed to imply as much, sampling idle
college party chatter as background noise for the album's anthemic
title track. According to Middlepicker's press kit, the song has
since gone on to inspire an annual fraternity tradition at Depauw
University known as "The Nasty" party. (www.pulsetc.com)