- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: The Ettes
Album: Do You Want Power
Label: Take Root
Playtime: 34:48 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.myspace.com/theettes
Rip date: 2009-09-28
Street date: 2009-09-29
Size: 51.86 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 198 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
The Ettes' third album, Do You Want Power, marks something of a departure for
the band. Produced in Nashville by modern-day garage rock hero Greg
Cartwright (most recently of the Reigning Sound), the record is their most
focused and diverse set to date and widens their garage rock sound without
diluting it. Released in 2008, Look at Life Again Soon was produced by Liam
Watson to have a very retro-leaning sound relying on Watson's vintage
equipment and Joe Meek-influenced style. Cartwright gives Do You Want Power a
modern, in-your-face sound with less reverb and more punch. This serves the
flat-out rockers like "I Can't Be True" and "Take It with You" well, giving
Coco's guitar extra bite and Poni's drums extra kick. Cartwright also adds
some vocals and guitar to the mix, as well as co-writing (with bassist Jem)
the best song on the album, the sassy "I'll Be Your Lover (But I Can't Be
Your Baby)." To match the clean sound of the album, the band turns in
remarkably tight and powerful performances that may sacrifice some noise and
bluster but gain back loads of power and toughness in the bargain. It's a
change in philosophy that makes for a more mature but no less ferocious
record. Another positive difference this time out is Coco's more nuanced
vocal approach. When she's angry she spits out the words like they are
poison; when she's melancholy there's a quiet power in her voice that she
hasn't displayed before. In fact, on the album's ballads the bandmembers show
a side they have kept hidden before. They've always had slow, melancholy
numbers in their repertoire, but this time out they are less beat
group-sounding and instead have a bluesy Laurel Canyon ("While You're Girl's
Away") or psychedelic ("Seasons") feel. The song that ends the album, the
piano-and-strings ballad "Keep Me in Flowers," could even be a different band
if not for Coco's tear-stained vocals. The production shifts and slight
changes in philosophy are interesting, but it all comes down to the songs in
the end. Tracks like "No Home," the burning hot "Red in Tooth and Claw," and
"Blood Red Blood" (to name a few) are first-rate rockers that stand with the
best songs cranked out by any modern-day garage punkers, and Do You Want
Power is the band's best work to date.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Red in Tooth and Claw ( 2:51)
02. I Can't Be True ( 2:22)
03. So Say So ( 2:24)
04. Take It with You ( 3:24)
05. Love Lies Bleeding ( 2:10)
06. Modern Game ( 2:08)
07. I'll Be Your Lover (But I Can't Be Your Baby) ( 2:09)
08. Blood Red Blood ( 2:15)
09. Seasons ( 3:28)
10. While Your Girl's Away ( 2:16)
11. Walk Out That Door ( 2:39)
12. No Home ( 3:06)
13. Keep Me in Flowers ( 3:36)
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