ARTIST: Shiner
TITLE: Making Love
LABEL: Anodyne Records
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 220kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 23m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-03-13
RIP DATE: 2007-03-13
Track List
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1. Fetch a Switch (Live) 5:16
2. Third Gear Scratch (Live) 3:32
3. He/She (Live) 3:02
4. Cake (Live) 5:23
5. Making Love 5:58
Release Notes:
NOTE: This reissue differs from the previous version. according to the website:
'We are happy to announce that we will be re-releasing Shiner's Making Love E.P.
Some updates to the original include an updated package design - Standard
digipak w/ new cd artwork and Proper level adjustments!'
ôEvolution is just a theory,ö says Allen Epley before playing the opening notes
to ôFetch a Switch,ö an old staple from ShinerÆs first album, Splay about a
dysfunctional family. Through ôFetchö and the more intense ôThird Gear Scratch,ö
ôHe/She,ö and ôCake,ö these four live tracks feature the veteransÆ special
recipe of full-bodied sweetness and dissonance, raw energy, and finesse with
hooks to spare. Guitarist Joel Hamilton, who has since left the group, can be
heard on each of these tracks making a good use of the second guitar part rather
than merely doubling Epley. HamiltonÆs presence and EpleyÆs live energy result
in unique versions of these four Shiner songs, and the EP is a good buy for that
reason alone.
The final track is a cover of the Bad Company classic hit, but hardly a faithful
replication of the original. Shiner slows the tempo, replaces the bluesy guitar
riff in the verse with a slow, lonelier-sounding arpeggio and fattens up the
chorus riff with ninths and a thicker distortion, making Bad Company sound more
like the London Choir Boy Company by comparison. Josh NewtonÆs keyboard part and
Paul MalinowskiÆs synth bass both add the element of psychedelia to the mix.