America Give Up CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Beach Sluts ~ Howler

2. Back To the Grave ~ Howler

3. This One's Different ~ Howler

4. America ~ Howler

5. Too Much Blood ~ Howler

6. Wailing (Making Out) ~ Howler

7. Pythagorean Fearem ~ Howler

8. Told You Once ~ Howler

9. Back of Your Neck ~ Howler

10. Free Drunk ~ Howler

11. Black Lagoon ~ Howler

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Three-minute blasts of guitars, drums, bass, and attitude may be among the simplest kinds of songs to make, but they're also some of the hardest to make truly distinctive. The Strokes did it by evoking the heyday of New York's punk and new wave scene, infusing it with emotions that veered from too cool for school to unbridled glee; the Ramones did it by subverting the sounds of '50s and '60s innocence with tales of sniffing glue and being sedated; and the Libertines did it by harking back to the Beatles and the Clash while adding their own debauchery and poetry. Howler obviously hold these sounds and bands in great reverence: they've got the handclaps, the strutting riffs, and the backing vocals in just the right places. Jordan Gatesmith's voice -- which is surprisingly deep for a guy still in his teens when these songs were recorded -- hovers somewhere between a sleepier Julian Casablancas and a less excitable Joey Ramone, and "Wailing (Making Out)"'s impatience and singsong verse melody play like a rewrite of the Strokes' "The Modern Age." There's plenty of fun to be had in the rave-up "Black Lagoon," and songs such as "Beach Sluts" would have freshened up Angles. "Too Much Blood," with its wall-of-sound beats and dreamy melody, hints at untapped depths to the band's sound, as does "Free Drunk," which finds Gatesmith singing in a more natural -- and original -- voice. ~ Heather Phares
Producer: Chris Heidman; Jeff Lorentzen

Artist Overview

Continuing the lineage of fuzzed-out guitar pop bands that stretches from the Ramones to the Strokes and the Drums, Minneapolis' Howler is the brainchild of vocalist/guitarist Jordan Gatesmith. The group released its debut EP, This One's Different, in 2011; that year, a journalist who had interviewed Rough Trade founder Geoff Travis about the 10th anniversary of the Strokes' Is This It? sent a copy of Howler's demo to Travis, who signed them to the label. Howler toured with the Vaccines and was named one of NME's best new bands of 2011 as well as one of their Top 100 bands of 2012. In January of that year, the band's debut album, America Give Up, was released. ~ Heather Phares

Technical Info

	Release Date : 01/16/2012
	Original Release Date : 2012
	Catalog ID : RTRADCD 640
	Label : Rough Trade
	Number of Discs : 1
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 08838700640262

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America Give Up (2012)

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