ARTIST: Koufax
TITLE: Strugglers
LABEL: Doghouse
GENRE: Alt. Rock
BITRATE: 186kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 33m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-09-23
RIP DATE: 2008-09-23
Track List
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1. Any Moment Now 2:39
2. Drivers 3:10
3. What I'm Saying 3:24
4. In The Name Of Love 3:46
5. Roll The Dice 3:23
6. Strugglers 2:46
7. What We Call Flats 2:43
8. Facsimile 2:35
9. Once In A While 3:52
10. California Taught Us Well 5:01
Release Notes:
Their fourth album delves into political and social commentary through
narratives tackling the party hopping drunk, deluded Hollywood types' reign over
pop culture, and the condescension found in so many of the "truth movements".
With lyrical strength and a delivery that Rolling Stone calls "dramatic,
Morrissey-like crooning", Robert Suchan ranks as one of the most talented front
men in the game.
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Fusing elements of '70s rock, '80s new wave, and '90s emo pop, with some Pets
Sounds-era Beach Boys thrown in, the distinct sound of Koufax won over
underground stars the Get Up Kids. With the disintegration of several Detroit
and Northwestern Ohio bands, the band was formed by singer/guitarist Robert
Suchan, who liked the sound of famous Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax's name. The
band relied heavily on the sound of piano and synthesizer, from not just
keyboardist Sean Grogan, but drummer Dave Shettler and Andrew Cameron as well.
After debuting on Doghouse Records with a self-titled EP in 1999, the Get Up
Kids brokered a deal with its own label, Heroes and Villains, via parent Vagrant
Records. For Koufax's full-length debut, It Had to Do With Love (2000), and
subsequent touring, the band added a second keyboardist, Jared Rosenberg. Two
years later, the band was a solid four-piece with Shettler, Force, Suchan and
Rosenberg. Together, they issued Koufax's second studio full-length Social Life
in October 2002. With a new label, Doghouse, and two new members on board,
Robert Pope on bass guitar and Ryan Pope on drums, the band returned in summer
of 2005 with their third long-player, Hard Times Are in Fashion.