ARTiST: The Damwell Betters
ALBUM: Coming In Hot
BiTRATE: 170kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: CD Baby
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 55.72 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 43min 20sec total
RiP DATE: 2009-04-04
STORE DATE: 2009-01-13
Track List:
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01. Papa 5:01
02. Your C*** is Killing Me 3:43
03. Just another Girl 3:47
04. Peacock Cape 1:41
05. Joe's on Qualudes 6:06
06. Dance all Night 4:00
07. Shanghai Lullaby 3:28
08. Crown You Wore 4:23
09. June 4:12
10. The City 3:13
11. Subway (live) 3:46
Release Notes:
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According to Josh Catalano, singer, songwriter, guitarist and catalyst for the
band, the original CD concept called for a stripped-down recording, featuring
the back-to-the-basics rock music that originally inspired the band. They began
production in March this year, intending the project as a purposeful move away
from the more-produced sounds of their 2007 release, Make Love not Babies. But
after the basic tracks were finished, the band stayed in the studio a little
longer and more stuff got added. Soon electronic beats, string sections, horn
parts and other un-raw-like ingredients appeared that pushed the record into new
territory. As Catalano put it, the recording ômorphed into a completely
different album of sexual danger and vagabond love jams.ö Yeah, right. I think I
understand it all now.
Since the groupÆs conception in 2005, the members always considered Catalano as
the primary songwriter, but during this recording the quintet came together as a
collective, both in the writing and producing areas. Bassist Marc Broomby, a
Liverpool, England, transplant, owns and operates a local recording studio where
the Damwell Betters learned to turn stripped-down recordings into lush
productions. Other band members include lead guitarist Joe Caladrino, Patrick
Miller on drums, and Jordan Laier playing piano, pedal steel and guitar.
Last year the group played all over the Midwest, toured the East Coast, and
slipped in a couple of showcases while in New York City. Plans for 2009 include
more tours in the spring and summer and more recordings after that. After all,
they are a real-live, honest-to-goodness, rock band, playing songs, recording
albums and touring the country. What else do you want them to do? -- Tom
Irwin,Illinois Times