Drink_Up_Buttercup-Born_And_Thrown_On_A_Hook-2010-FNT

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MP3/FLAC
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FNT
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50,33 MB
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14
Date
2010-04-02

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- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -

  Artist:      Drink Up Buttercup
  Album:       Born and Thrown on a Hook
  Label:       Yep Roc
  Playtime:    38:11 min
  Genre:       Indie
  URL:         http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpfqxzqsldte
  Rip date:    2010-03-24
  Street date: 2010-03-23
  Size:        52.77 MB
  Type:        Normal
  Quality:     187 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo

- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -

   Drink Up Buttercup have built a huge buzz with their energetic live shows and
   songwriting that distills the golden pop sounds of England and America
   between approximately 1964 and 1975 into a dizzying, heady brew. The
   arrangements are uniformly inventive, splicing together bits and pieces of
   everything that's been waxed since the mid-'60s with a gleefully scattershot
   approach. The melodies are uniformly catchy; the vocals are marked by
   harmonies so sweet they could give you diabetes; and James Harvey's lead
   vocals are always surprising, full of unexpected starts and stops, one minute
   sweet and folky, the next an uncontained shriek of outrageous psychedelic
   delight. The same juxtapositions abound in the arrangements. The opening
   triad starts with "Seasickness Pills," a stomping blend of garage band noise
   and Brit-pop that drops a Gregorian chant-like interlude into its climax,
   then moves jarringly into "Animate the Hangtime," a noisy jolt of musique
   concrΦte, before concluding with the blissfully sweet "Young Ladies" with
   tinkling piano, glockenspiel, and ELO-like synth swells. The band's vocal
   harmonies are angelic and the rhythmic feel is half Beatles, half Kinks,
   finishing with delirious rippling piano flourishes. Acoustic guitar kicks off
   "Doggy Head," a funky stomper that sounds like the Archies singing with a
   quieter version of Slade with a bit of reggae in the backbeat. "Who Spilled
   the Beaker" is another brief but ominous keyboard interlude that leads to
   "Heavy Hand," a raucous bit of New York City-flavored garage psychedelia with
   hints of Motown and the 13th Floor Elevators in its big noisy montage. The
   band's exuberance, free-flowing creativity, and uncontained performance style
   carry over to the album, which is presented with the same ebb and flow as a
   live show. There is hardly any silence between tracks, and their penchant for
   rhythmic noise and oddball vocals suggests a rock suite as much as a random
   collection of songs.

- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -

  01. Seasickness Pills                                                 ( 4:03)
  02. Animate the Hangtime                                              ( 0:56)
  03. Young Ladies                                                      ( 2:42)
  04. Doggy Head                                                        ( 2:37)
  05. Even Think                                                        ( 2:22)
  06. Gods and Gentlemen                                                ( 2:44)
  07. Lovers Play Dead                                                  ( 4:06)
  08. Who Spilled the Beaker                                            ( 0:44)
  09. Heavy Hand                                                        ( 3:38)
  10. Pink Sunshine                                                     ( 2:32)
  11. Vietnam Waltz                                                     ( 0:57)
  12. Sosey and Dosey                                                   ( 3:16)
  13. Mr. Pie Eyes                                                      ( 2:39)
  14. Maestro Monsignor                                                 ( 4:55)

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Files

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01-drink_up_buttercup-seasickness_pills.mp34,89 MB
02-drink_up_buttercup-animate_the_hangtime.mp31,22 MB
03-drink_up_buttercup-young_ladies.mp34,10 MB
04-drink_up_buttercup-doggy_head.mp33,64 MB
05-drink_up_buttercup-even_think.mp33,19 MB
06-drink_up_buttercup-gods_and_gentlemen.mp33,77 MB
07-drink_up_buttercup-lovers_play_dead.mp34,84 MB
08-drink_up_buttercup-who_spilled_the_beaker.mp31,10 MB
09-drink_up_buttercup-heavy_hand.mp34,36 MB
10-drink_up_buttercup-pink_sunshine.mp33,55 MB
11-drink_up_buttercup-vietnam_waltz.mp31,42 MB
12-drink_up_buttercup-sosey_and_dosey.mp34,25 MB
13-drink_up_buttercup-mr._pie_eyes.mp33,57 MB
14-drink_up_buttercup-maestro_monsignor.mp36,43 MB