ARTiST: The Strand
ALBUM: Another Season Passes
BiTRATE: 206kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Kool Kat Muzik
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 49.43 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 31min 48sec total
RiP DATE: 2008-10-31
STORE DATE: 2008-09-10
Track List:
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01. Rising Tide 3:07
02. Why'd You Call 3:28
03. Not as a Stranger 3:56
04. Along for the Ride 1:58
05. The Center 3:15
06. Scared Streets 2 3:12
07. Begin Again 3:30
08. On Her Own 3:10
09. Scared Streets 1 2:48
10. Hand in Hand 3:24
Release Notes:
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Who says you can't go back home again? This is a brand new release on the Kool
Kat label from the re-formed band! And we're quite happy to report that they
sound as if they never missed a beat! Led by founding members James Garner and
Bill Lasley, they deliver nine new songs written between the early 80's and
2007! It's fun to try and guess which ones were written when! It reads like a
New Wave/Brit Pop "how to" guide! From the opener, the Plimsouls/Paul Collins'
Beat-inspired "Rising Tide", to the jangle-filled, "Stepping Stone"-inspired
"Not As A Stranger", to the East Coast/Gary Valentine-inspired pop of "Along For
The Ride", to the Paisley Underground-inspired "The Center", to the 80's
Brit-Pop inspired (think the verse melody of The Jam's "Start") "Scared Streets"
(presented here in two versions - the version that appears later on the disc is
VERY Jam-like in its aggressive delivery), and the closing, bedroom acoustic pop
of "Hand In Hand", you're swept away with good old fashioned, well-written,
well-played, well-produced, jangly and crunchy guitar-filled, tastefully
keyboard laced, New Wave Pop that we're absolute total suckers for!