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Шаблон:Multiple issues Шаблон:Infobox album Close Counts is the second studio album from the American rock band the Brixton Riot.

Content

The eleven-track album was digitally released with Mint 400 Records on 6 October 2017, and self-released on compact disc. The basic tracks were recorded live on tape in twenty hours, over a course of two days, and it was engineered by J. Robbins at his Baltimore-based studio, Magpie Cage.Шаблон:Sfn Robbins also provides backing vocals on the opening track, "Can't Stop Now." The band explains "we spent a lot of time getting the arrangements and parts finalized before recording[;] we recorded an entire "demo version" of the record before we went into the studio."Шаблон:Sfn The album is described as a blend of power pop and alt rock, and it draws comparison to the music of Superdrag, Sugar, Big Star, and Teenage Fanclub.Шаблон:Sfn The song "Little Sparks" predates their first release, Sudden Fiction.Шаблон:Sfn

The record release party was held at Asbury Yacht Club with Dentist, and the Rock N Roll Hi Fives, and hosted by CoolDad Music.Шаблон:Sfn The lead track "Can't Stop Now" appears on the 2018 Mint 400 Records compilation album, NJ / NY Mixtape.

Reception

Dagger calls the album "straight ahead tunes with punchy guitars," noting "Jerry Lardieri has a smooth croon."Шаблон:Sfn Bob Makin in Institute for Nonprofit News calls out two of the tracks, "The Ballad of Pete Best" and "Little Spark" as "exceptional nuggets." He describes "Little Spark" as a "love song for vinyl junkies in the spirit of "Left of the Dial," adding that the song boasts "a Jam/Style Council-like Motown-inspired bassline from the effortlessly talented Steve Hass; the tune also sports one of the best verses this year by a local band."Шаблон:Sfn The album was ranked No. 9 by Makin in The Aquarian WeeklyШаблон:'s Top Albums of 2017.Шаблон:Sfn

A review by James Damion in Jersey Beat says "it's go-time the moment the bass line meets up with the opening guitar riff meet on the album's opening track "Can't Stop Now;" one can't help but rejoice in its statement of purpose and declaration of being," adding that "there's a sense of warmth that seems to wrap itself around every Brixton Riot song."Шаблон:Sfn

Track listing

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Personnel

  • Steve Hass – bass and vocals
  • Matt Horutz – drums
  • Jerry Lardieri – vocals and guitar
  • Mark Wright – guitar

Additional musicians

  • J. Robbins – backing vocals on "Can't Stop Now" and tambourine on "Hector Quasar"
  • Alejandra Rodriguez – backing vocals on "Maybe Tomorrow"

References

Citations

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External links

Шаблон:The Brixton Riot

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