Artist.......: Anthem Red
Album........: Dancing on the Dishwasher
Label........: the company with the golden arm
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: AR-002
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Apr-19-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.myspace.com/anthemred
track title time
01. Ollie 03:30
02. Happy Accidents 03:49
03. Power Lines 03:48
04. Cry Out Loud 03:38
05. Broken English 05:06
06. Postcard 03:00
07. Wonder 03:25
08. Westjet 02:32
09. Insomnia Nation 02:22
10. Dancin' on the dishwasher 04:55
11. Diet Cokes & Stethoscopes 03:59
12. Relief 05:55
Runtime 45:59 min
Size 53,9 MB
Release Notes:
Anthem Red formed in late 2004 from the tattered
rags of Winnipeg hard pop trio Sixty Stories
(Smallman Records, The Company with the Golden
Arm). The new name is an obvious literary reference
to the former band (if you know anything about the
old band, which you donÆt), but some things are not
worth letting go of entirely. Jo Snyder (guitar and
vocals) and Sarah Sangster (bass and vocals) nursed
their indie wounds by hooking up with drummer Jeff
Hindy, playing songs and drinking beer in a beat
down house behind a Burger King in Winnipeg's
rotting inner city. The band focused primarily on
playing basement shows and small art galleries, DIY
ethics, sloganeering, and getting really, really
drunk. It worked for a while until Anthem Red began
to mold into something more serious. After several
terrible, but still somehow awesome sounding demos,
Andrew Filyk joined the band in early 2005 on
second guitar. Filyk's Leatherface influenced parts
and gruff voice added a ballsy texture to the
songs, relieving Jo and Sarah of that disgusting
duty.
The band released its first record in December
2005, a live recording made in Winnipeg. The record
featured five songs and sold out of its one and
only printing. The band emerged from the basement
and started joining the rest of the scene on real
stages in real venues, and fake stages in not
really venues. Anthem Red still felt a connection
to the arts community and wanted to show their
support by leaving these spaces littered with beer
cans and sweat stains.
In early 2006, Hindy left the band and Mike Lewis
joined on drums. Snyder, Sangster, and Filyk began
to work together like cogs in a wristwatch, soberly
crafting new material. The songwriting turned from
scrappy drunk-pop-punk to clean punk-influenced
rock.
In late May 2006 Anthem Red hit a makeshift studio
with producer Matt Peters (The Waking Eyes) to
record their first full-length. After seven
soul-destroying weeks they emerged bleary-eyed,
happy, and musically reformed. Jo and Sarah put
away their young girl/boy vocals, allowing the
salient feminine chords to ring out. "No more
blowing our noses in our hands and wiping it on our
pants", they remarked.
Then the band rocket shipped into outer-Germany
with new drummer Dustin Karsin. His brand of
hairless chest beats added to the band's much
needed cuteness factor. With some vinyl and a taste
for touring, Anthem Red is ready.
For what? Thrilling uncertainty.