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- Date Released: January 25, 2005
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Yep Roc Records / Redeye
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We Say...
Former Trailer Bride frontwoman Melissa Swingle's new duo is much speedier and blunter than her old band — all distortion, bent notes and swaggering bashes. Her songs have faint but definite roots in the folk-blues tradition: "Paradise Club" is a blood relative of "House of the Rising Sun."
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They Say...
While Melissa Swingle was easily the best thing alt-country drifters Trailer Bride had going for them, one listen to the first album from her new band, the Moaners, suggests that she might have been better off taking a different tack from day one. The Moaners' 2005 debut, Dark Snack, is a stronger and more engaging disc than nearly anything Trailer Bride had to offer; Swingle and drummer Laura King's simple but expressive blues-influenced tunes give this duo a strong melodic backbone, and Swingle's primal guitar and King's rock-solid drumming kick the melodies forward with a welcome degree of muscle. If there's a shade more irony in Swingle's vocal delivery than she really needs, the rock action of the music more than makes up for it, and these stripped-down blues accents favor her more than Trailer Bride's faux-country lope. Rick Miller's production gives this two-piece an admirably full sound without cluttering the surroundings, and the band manages to sound alert and snappy while bowing to the classic behind-the-beat traditions of the blues. Dark Snack is a solid reintroduction to a gifted artist, not to mention a fine debut from a band with no small amount of potential.
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| 01. |  |
Heart Attack |
3:14 |
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| 02. | |
Too Many People |
2:32 |
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| 03. | |
Terrier |
2:23 |
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| 04. | |
Elizabeth Cotten's Song |
2:58 |
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| 05. | |
Flannery Said |
2:43 |
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| 06. | |
Oh Christy |
3:36 |
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| 07. | |
Water |
4:12 |
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| 08. | |
Talk About It |
2:37 |
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| 09. | |
Paradise Club |
2:53 |
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| 10. | |
Hard Times |
2:52 |
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| 11. | |
Secret Joy |
3:43 |
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| 12. | |
Chasing The Moon |
1:40 |
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12 Total Tracks, 35:23 Total Length
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Credits
- Rick Miller - Producer // Rick Miller - Engineer // Rick Miller - Mixing // Dave A. Harris - Mastering // Melissa Swingle - Guitar // Melissa Swingle - Harmonica // Melissa Swingle - Vocals // Melissa Swingle - Saw // Melissa Swingle - Photography // Melissa Swingle - Paintings // Mary Gunn - Graphic Design // Alex Manness - Photography // The Moaners - Arranger // The Moaners - Producer
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