ARTIST: Headlights
TITLE: Some Racing, Some Stopping
LABEL: Polyvinyl
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 175kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 33m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-02-19
RIP DATE: 2008-02-08
Track List
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1. Get Your Head Around It 3:25
2. Cherry Tulips 3:28
3. Market Girl 3:34
4. On April 2 2:36
5. School Boys 3:14
6. Some Racing, Some Stopping 3:57
7. So Much For The Afternoon 3:16
8. Catch Them All 2:47
9. Towers 2:57
10. January 3:49
Release Notes:
To fully understand what went into Some Racing, Some Stopping, one must first
understand what led up to it. Since Headlights' formation in 2004, the band has
toured virtually nonstop, playing over 300 shows in the past two and a half
years in support of both its debut The Enemies EP and its stunning 2006
full-length Kill Them With Kindness.
Based around Tristan Wraight's acoustic guitar and Erin Fein's keyboards, the
songs on Some Racing, Some Stopping purposefully lack much of the spacey
atmospherics that define the band's earlier work. Instead the album is steeped
in a classic pop sensibility, reminiscent of the '60s, Brill Building song
craft, and Phil Spector production. Songs like the chiming, harmonic "Catch Them
All," the light and airy "Cherry Tulips," the solemn "January," and the driving,
string-touched "Market Girl" are evidence of an album that is more focused than
any of the band's past work.