ARTIST: Additional Moog
TITLE: Thirty Three & A Third
LABEL: Fight This Generation
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 46:11 min
SIZE: 65,9 MB
RIP DATE: Apr-26-2007
RELEASE DATE: Apr-26-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Cruising By Moon 06:29
02. New Morning 03:54
03. Four-Track Soul 03:12
04. Country Singer 02:30
05. Alaska 03:42
06. Leaving City Skyline 02:23
07. The Bit War 04:09
08. My Harpsichord 04:12
09. Pedal Steel 04:05
10. Alt. Ending 04:08
11. El Guiro! 02:33
12. Fault Lines and B-Sides 04:54
Release Notes:
"...an absolutely brilliant band..." BBC Radio
"...the best alt.country this side of Wilco and the
Jayhawks..." iTunes
"...really beautiful songs..." John Stirratt, Wilco
Additional Moog have been picking up some great
reviews with comparisons to Wilco, Gram Parsons and
the Jayhawks.
At the same time they combine their sound with a 60s
pop song sensibility evoking Ray Davies, Paul Simon
and mid-era Beatles. It's handy they can also rock
out a la Neil and Crazy Horse.
Additional Moog is a geographically challenged band.
With members based all over the UK they use
Birmingham as their rehearsal base but relocate to
the Shropshire/Wales border to record. There's a
heck of a lot of mileage that goes into these tunes
!
The band formed out of what was originally a studio
project. James recorded solo on an 8 track with and
released the songs on the internet, racking up 30
thousand downloads on mp3.com in just eighteen
months.
Along the way there was also the semi-legendary tale
of the aborted album with Pavement's Bob
Nastanovich.
The project didn't become a fully realised live band
until 2004 when James hooked up with workmate and
Abba fan Ian on drums and guitarist Alex, who was
the only person to answer a musicians-wanted advert
in the library that mentioned Beck and Silver Jews.
Alex soon switched to bass in true McCartney style
and the band made their live debut supporting K.T.
Tunstall.
It wasn't long before the band attracted interest
from the U.S. and opted to release their first
single "Holy Jukebox" on U.S. label Lost Cat
Records. The label also released "Lost Engines" - a
compilation of the mp3.com demos.
The line-up was soon augmented by Mark, a guitarist
with a striking resemblance to Danny DeVito.
In September 2006, Additional Moog made their first
trip to the States, playing a series of successful
shows around Austin, Texas including a live
afternoon session for KUT Radio.
Debut album "Thirty Three And A Third" is out April
2007 on Fight This Generation! Records