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▄░▓███████▄▄▄░ ARTiST.... Gatsbys American Dream ░▄▄▄███████▓░▀
░▓█████▄░░ ▄ ▀ TiTLE..... Volcano █████▓░
▀░████▓░░▀ ░ ▀ LABEL..... Fearless Records ▀ ░ ▀░░▓████░▀
░▓███▓▓░ ▀ ▄▓▄ GENRE..... Indie ▄▓▄ ▀ ░▓▓███▓░
▀▀░███▓░▄▄░ RiP.DATE.. 2011-04-21 ░▄▄░▓███░▀▀
▀ ▄███▀░░ STOREDATE. 2005-04-12 ░░▀███▄ ▀
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ SOURCE.... CD ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ QUALiTY... 260 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
▄ ▄███▀░░ TRACKS.... 15 / 39:27 ░░▀███▄ ▄
▄▄░███▓░▄ ░ SIZE...... 77.31 MB ░ ▄░▓███░▄▄
░▓███▓▓░ ▄ ▄▓▄ RIPPER.... EAC Secure with LAME 3.98.4 ▄▓▄ ▄ ░▓▓███▓░
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░ ▄▓████ 1 Theatre 2:50 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 2 Pompeii 1:53 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 3 The Guilt Engine 2:48 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 4 A Mind of Metal and Wheels 2:03 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 5 Fable 2:42 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 6 The Giant's Drink 3:13 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 7 Shhhhhh! I'm Listening To Reason 3:53 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 8 Meet Me At The Tavern In Bowerstone 0:28 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 9 Your Only Escape 2:26 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 10 The Hunter 1:49 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 11 Speaker For The Dead 3:38 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 12 Badlands 2:46 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 13 The Loosing Of The Shadow 2:36 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 14 The Guilt Engine (Remix) [Bonus Track] 3:19 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 15 Shhhhhh! I'm Listening To Reason (Live) 3:03 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ [Bonus Track] ████▓▄ ░
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░▓████▓▄ TOTAL TiME: 39:27 MIN ████▓░
░▓███████▄ TOTAL SIZE: 77.31 MB▄█████▓░
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Volcano is epic. Gatsby's American Dream has ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ matured to an entirely new level. From start to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ finish Volcano will make you dance, it will make ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ you re-think music, and it will make your jaw ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ drop - not just in places, but for 33 straight ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ minutes. The diversity of this CD is absolutely ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ stunning. Gatsby's has fully maintained the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ trademark musicianship that made them so amazing ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ signatures and melodies like crazy, others shift ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ provide one unifying theme throughout - without ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ choruses. Yet there are other tracks that contain ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ choruses and radio friendly melodies as the band ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ proves to us all that they are more than capable ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ of writing pop music. The lyrics are insightful ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ concept is revealed. The lyrics refer not only to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ a physical Volcano but also draw parallels to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ erupt. The music and instrumentation itself is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ deeper than ever before, as many songs have ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ countless dimensions. Every single time I listen ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ influence. The depth to the music is only ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ hear a chord progression from Ribbons and Sugar, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ might even hear a lyric or two from earlier ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ records. Volcano is complete in every way, shape ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ The production is perfect. The drums and bass ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ sound crystal clear and Nic's voice has never ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ sounded smoother. The backup vocals are always at ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the correct volume, and the little things are ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ brought out to just the right amount, as you can ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ hear claves in the background. Bobby's guitar ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ never overpowers Kirk's bass; in fact the two ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ manage to be almost completely separate as each ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ part is easily identifiable at any given moment. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Casey Bates and Tom Pfaeffle took advantage of ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the long recording process and perfected every ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ single part to the record. It's not overdone in ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the least, but there are no flaws as far as ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ quality of sound is concerned. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ The album begins with the anthem "Theatre." The ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ theme of the Volcano is introduced immediately ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ with lyrics like "Tonight the sky is painted..." ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ A funky bass line that is very similar to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ "Snicker at the Swine" (Ribbons and Sugar) drives ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the verses forward into the first chorus on the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ record. It's an interesting gesture from a band ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ that has generally steered clear of choruses on ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ past albums to start a record off with a song ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ that has one. Nonetheless, the song has ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ traditional Gatsby's chord progressions and is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ full of energy. In addition, the song and chorus ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ itself is incredibly catchy and could latch on as ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the album's first single. But don't worry, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Gatsby's faithful. The following track, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ "Pompeii", is fast and very mathematical. The ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ song changes time signatures many times with ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ transitions that blend perfectly into one ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ another. It's unpredictable as can be but it ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ never loses direction. After each time change, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the subsequent section is relatable to the one ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ before it. The fast drum beat we witnessed on Why ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ We Fight is re-introduced during some of the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ sections, right up into Bobby's shout of "And I ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ will bury you!" which is followed up by Nic ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ singing "They'll dig you up in 1500 years..." A ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ reference to the physical Volcano exploding over ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the city of Pompeii is obvious, but what about ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the line preceding that? The parallelism to human ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ emotion is apparent. "The Guilt Engine" only ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ strengthens the notion, which personal lyrics ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ that ride smoothly over thick chords. This song ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ sounds nothing like anything Gatsby's has ever ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ done. A terse, dark verse leads into a hard ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ hitting transition or two, but the music comes ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ back around full circle to where it began. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ The fourth track "A Mind of Metal and Wheels" is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ one of the standout tracks on the album. The urge ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ to get up and dance is irresistible, as a Latin ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ drum beat complete with claves (they sound like ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ wood blocks) drives the song underneath a quirky, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ offbeat solo by Bobby. Hand claps only perpetuate ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the urge to bob your head, and by the time the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ song is over, you'll realize you'd been rocking ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ back and forth for the past 2 minutes. "Fable" is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ a bit of a shocker, the guitar parts sound like a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ song from The Strokes. While this song is fairly ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ simplistic for Gatsby's, it is far from ordinary. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ A one-dimensional guitar part fuels the intro and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ chorus while Kirk takes control of the verse with ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the bass. The song draws obvious references to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the book Lord of the Flies, as lines from the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ song include "We came here on a plane/Just a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ bunch of little boys/Dance around the fire/Kill ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the pig pig." Of course these songs all have ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ double meanings, but you'll have to listen for ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ yourself to figure out what they mean to you ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ personally. "The Giant's Drink" is easily the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ most poppy song Gatsby's has ever written, as a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ grinding guitar riff transitions nicely into a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ pop chorus that is reminiscent of The Foo ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Fighters. Of course, it wouldn't be Gatsby's ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ without a change of direction midway through the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ song - without losing sight of the main melody of ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the song. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ The 7th song "Shhhhhh...I'm listening to Reason" ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ is itself the reason why I listen to Gatsby's ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ American Dream. It's the most dynamic song on the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ album, as it goes through no less than 3 dramatic ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ transitions into new time signatures, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ instrumentation, and melodies. It starts off as a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ hard, fast rock song with tambourines and an ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ organ-sounding keyboard, then moves into an ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ unpredictable danceable verse with hard hitting ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ syncopated downbeats and a thick and funky bass ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ line. After that comes a familiar chord ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ progression and lyric which leads straight into ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ an acoustic bridge with hand claps accompanied ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ once again by claves. The song then ends up as a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ drunken Irish pub song - don't ask how they do ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ it, I don't even know - all I know is that it ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ works beautifully. Absolutely mind-blowing. "Your ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Only Escape" is a more down tempo song, complete ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ with earnest lyrics and another head nodding drum ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ beat with excellent work by Rudy on the high hat. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ "The Hunter" is yet another incredible up-tempo ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ song with heavy syncopation. The song also ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ features guest vocals from Dan of This ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Providence. It's interesting how Gatsby's can ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ write songs without choruses, but after the song ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ is over you are still singing the main melodic ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ lines. They simply don't need choruses to be ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ memorable, and without them, the music is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ essentially deeper and has a longer lasting ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ value. "Speaker for the Dead" is a more chill ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ song with more illusions to the Volcano of human ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ emotion with lyrics like "Oh elegant island/be ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ buried in humility." Another cool thing about ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ this song is that towards the end it contains a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ reprise of the chorus from the fifth track, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ "Fable," but this time the lyrics are a little ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ better. The new version of "Badlands" is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ structured differently than the acoustic version ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ on the EP, and is overall more interesting than ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the original. "Loosing of the Shadow" is the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ perfect way to end Volcano. A quiet lead-in has ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Nic whispering "How can you understand the way I ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ feel about God?" A dramatic build-up is capped ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ with the line "I am a volcano/and I'll hurt you ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ all." ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Boom. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ The volcano is in the center of the island, the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ volcano that is human emotion, the volcano that ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ is Gatsby's American Dream erupts. Breakneck ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ strumming that is reminiscent to the Why We Fight ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ era triggers the eruption while a high, bouncy ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ bass line drives the melody. As the song and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ album fade off into the distance, you can't help ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ but desire more. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Volcano is one of the most complete albums I've ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ever heard. It's multifaceted, passionate, and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ insanely catchy. If you haven't been sold on ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Gatsby's American Dream before, you NEED to hear ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Volcano. Everything about this record is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ stunning. The lyrics, the musicianship, how ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ vastly different each song is from one ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ another...all in all, it's everything you can ask ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ for in an album. This is the album of the year. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ No, this is the album of the last 3 years. Yes, I ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ said it. It's better than Ribbons and Sugar ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ because it offers so much more without ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ sacrificing any integrity. This album is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ different than other Gatsby's releases, it has ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ songs with choruses, it has unpredictable ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ transitions - but the result is the most ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ structurally varied album I've heard in years. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ There are thousands of other bands that stick to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ a specific formula for their songs. Not these ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ guys. Gatsby's American Dream continues to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ reinvent their sound for each individual album, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ and this record is a combination of all their ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ earlier releases - plus much more. No other band ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ out there comes any where close to what Gatsby's ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ American Dream offers. Nobody is as creative, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ nobody is as intelligent, and nobody has written ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ an album as epic as Volcano. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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