Welcoming Home the Astronauts

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:57:43
Flickerstick: Brandin Lea (vocals, guitar); Cory Kreig (guitar, piano, keyboards, background vocals); Rex James Ewing (guitar, background vocals); Fletcher Lea (bass, background vocals); Dominic Weir (drums, background vocals). Additional personnel: Toby Pipes (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Jeff Whittington (guitar, background vocals); Dave McNair (guitar); Todd Pipes (keyboards, background vocals); Jennifer Baldwin, Genevieve Tromiczak, Mick Flair, Jenny Epsing-Kirtland (background vocals). Producers: Todd Pipes, Toby Pipes, Rick Beato. Engineers include: Todd Pipes, Howard Worthen, Rick Beato. Recorded at Bass Propulsion Laboratories, Dallas, Texas, Tree Studios and The Zone, Atlanta, Georgia between April 2000 & August 2001. Personnel: Cory Kreig (vocals, guitar, E-bow, piano, keyboards); Toby Pipes (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Jeff Whittington, Rex Ewing, Brandin Lea (vocals, guitar); Todd Pipes (vocals, keyboards); James Baldwin (vocals); Dominic Weir (drums). Audio Mixers: Rick Beato; Tom Lord-Alge. Recording information: Propulsion Laboratories, Dallas, TX (04/2000-08/2001); The Zone, Atlanta, GA (04/2000-08/2001); Tree Studios (04/2000-08/2001). Photographers: Jeff Kaufman; Marina Chavez. Winner of the VH-1 reality show Bands On The Run, Flickerstick was the beneficiary of a major label contract that resulted in the reissue of their independently released debut WELCOMING HOME THE ASTRONAUTS. Despite emerging from Deep Ellum (Dallas's local music scene), Flickerstick's influences draw more from the droning inspiration of early Radiohead and Catherine Wheel than from fellow Texans like pop mavens Fastball or musical deviants the Butthole Surfers. Packed with ethereal guitar riffs and swirling effects, songs like "Lift (With Love We Will Survive)" and "Beautiful" reveal the band's psychedelic leanings while the snappy "You're So Hollywood" is soaked in a power-pop insouciance that straddles the line between brilliant and bratty. Blessed with a pliable tenor reminiscent of The Knack's Doug Fieger, singer Brandin Lea is equally at home handling the meandering ambiance of "Sorry...Wrong Trajectory" as he is diving head-long into the sweeping "Coke." Although Lea's head-scratching lyrics on ASTRONAUT's only new song "Smile" win him the Scott Weiland award for clarity, Flickerstick's excellent use of dynamics and hooks make it clear how they came away with the big prize from VH-1's answer to Survivor.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)