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All Music Guide - Tammy La Gorce
Gratefully, musical sophistication is something that doesn't much appeal to Blood on the Wall. Instead of being more carefully produced or less manic or just plain better, the trio's third disc is, as they christened it, simply Awesomer. Ben Shanks shrieks with the same lit-up, near-lunatic force he brought to the band's self-titled debut, and his sister Courtney Shanks continues to sound as though she wished she were playing with Yo La Tengo or Cowboy Junkies; all the racket just makes her want to retreat into some lo-fi hollow. Still, Blood on the Wall -- which is way unfortunately named, calling to mind as it does a screamo or metal outfit -- is a band that manages to...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Tammy La Gorce
Gratefully, musical sophistication is something that doesn't much appeal to Blood on the Wall. Instead of being more carefully produced or less manic or just plain better, the trio's third disc is, as they christened it, simply Awesomer. Ben Shanks shrieks with the same lit-up, near-lunatic force he brought to the band's self-titled debut, and his sister Courtney Shanks continues to sound as though she wished she were playing with Yo La Tengo or Cowboy Junkies; all the racket just makes her want to retreat into some lo-fi hollow. Still, Blood on the Wall -- which is way unfortunately named, calling to mind as it does a screamo or metal outfit -- is a band that manages to pull its disparate energies together, and that's what makes its music so likable and so genuinely fresh. Between "You Are a Mess" and "Mary Susan," Ben manages to recall both the Violent Femmes and the Beastie Boys. Opener "Stoner Jam," meanwhile, seems in service to Courtney's ultra-coolness. Combined, all of Awesomer's songs stimulate a need to follow the band for its next few outings. Schizophrenia -- not to mention the vast bulk of safe-playing indie rock acts -- never sounded this good.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 9/6/2005
  • Label: The Social Registry
  • UPC: 656605702025
  • Catalog Number: 20
  • Sales rank: 186,476

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Stoner Jam (3:05)
  2. 2 Reunited on Ice (3:01)
  3. 3 Heat from the Day (1:50)
  4. 4 I'd Like to Take You Out Tonight (3:37)
  5. 5 You Are a Mess (2:12)
  6. 6 Keep Your Eyes (1:58)
  7. 7 Gone (1:31)
  8. 8 Mary Susan (2:54)
  9. 9 Hey, Hey (0:49)
  10. 10 Can You Hear Me (1:40)
  11. 11 Right to Lite Tonight (2:19)
  12. 12 Get the Fuck Off My Cloud (1:48)
  13. 13 Dead Edge of Town (2:09)
  14. 14 Going to Heaven (3:01)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Blood on the Wall Primary Artist
David Schneider Drums
Miggy Littleton Drums, Group Member
T.K. Webb Guitar, Harmonica
Miggie Littleton Drums
Dave Schneider Drums
Brad Shanks Guitar, Vocals
Courtney Shanks Bass Guitar, Vocals
Technical Credits
Joe Lambert Mastering
Nicolas Vernhes Engineer
Miggy Littleton Instrumentation
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