ARTIST: Speaker Speaker
TITLE: Call It Off
LABEL: Burning Building Recordings
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 233kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 32m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-02-19
RIP DATE: 2008-02-16
Track List
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1. Parties 0:47
2. Call it Off 3:31
3. Radio Days 2:22
4. Stuck 3:10
5. I Was Wrong 3:05
6. Pick Me Up 2:24
7. We Won't March 4:20
8. Turnout 1:05
9. Got Away 2:27
10. Statues/Shadows 1:42
11. Pastimes 2:30
12. Our Loudest Hours 2:40
13. So Many Nights 2:53
Release Notes:
Established in the Fall of 2004, Seattle trio Speaker Speaker generated a quick
and substantial buzz within the Seattle music community. Their 3 song
introductory EP, Again & Again & Again, earned them regular rotation on the
influential KEXP 90.3 and airplay at over 150 more college and public stations
across the country, peaking at #147 on the CMJ Top 200. As a result of the
exposure, they ultimately were nominated for Seattle Weekly's Best Pop Band of
2006 and were also voted by the community as the winners of The Stranger's Big
Shot competition.
Their second EP, "We Won't March" (April 2007), featuring two originals, two
live songs, and a cover of Jawbreaker's "Do You Still Hate Me?", left critics
describing the group as a "nosebleed on overdrive" and a "defiant answer to
indie rock's disparaging past couple of years". It also garnered them
comparisons to Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Jawbreaker, The Thermals, and Mission
of Burma.
Following up two successful EP's, the band builds on their foundation to release
their finest work to date, the full length entitled "Call It Off". Recorded in
Baltimore, MD with the illustrious J. Robbins (Against Me!, Dismemberment Plan,
Promise Ring) at his Magpie Cage studio, and featuring original artwork by Jesse
Ledoux (Shins, Pedro the Lion), "Call It Off" pounds through 13 songs in 26
minutes. It is the perfect mix of punk rock and a pop sensibility; each song
gets stuck in your head for days. If you've never heard Speaker Speaker, let
this work be your introduction.