should have been listening to chase fifty six's allatoona rising

my relationship w twitter has been strained as of late, and i can really pinpoint why? there’s some really great folks on there that i speak to on a regular basis, but there’s also trivial shit that bugs the hell out of me. sadly, the trivial shit will always outshine the fine folks i come into contact with. my brain is a wee bit mis-wired when it comes to the trivial and the monumental. well, one good/great thing to come out of twitter lately is that brian from front porch musings turned me onto acworth, georgia’s chase fifty six and their excellent record, allatoona rising. it was actually his favorite record of 2010. they were also featured on ninebullets back in july, but i missed that one. anyway, bryan’s take on the record is pretty much on par w/ mine. chase fifty six comes at ya with a 3 guitar attack and is pretty reminiscent of pre-southern rock opera dbt, but actually i think even better. to me, dbt didnt hit their creative stride until southern rock opera, and thats not taking anything away from anything before it, im just sayin is all. the songwriting is solid, but really is all about the rock, and really sometimes thats all you need. warning, another twitter reference coming in 3, 2, 1… i think lions in the street, i dont know who runs it, summed this record up, not actually this particular record, but music in general, perfectly yesterday in saying “whenever someone uses the word ‘important’ to describe music, you know that they are more into sociology than good jams.” not to say this is not an important record, cause to me even the most shittiest of music can be important, to someone. but lets not over think this, and just take it for what it is, an unbelievably catchy and excellent rock record. definitely highly recommended…

buy/download allatoona rising via amazon…

mary jane
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