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Avg: 4.0 (81 ratings)
- Date Released: October 7, 2008
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Rock, Alternative
- Label: Constant Artists, Inc. / Red Pig / TuneCore
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Crooked Fingers fans who enjoyed Eric Bachmann's 2006, bare-bones acoustic To the Races LP, yet yearned for the kind of heavily orchestrated, E Street Band-fueled Americana that graced 2003's Red Devil Dawn and 2005's Dignity and Shame, will no doubt be pleased by Forfeit/Fortune. Picking right up where Shame left off, Bachmann, along with an all-star cast of characters which includes longtime collaborators as well as indie rock stalwarts like Brian Kotzur (Silver Jews), Tom Hagerman (DeVotchKa), and Neko Case blow through an 11-song set of dusty, horn-laden, highway driving, drink-spilling heartache that stands as the group's most solid piece of work to date. Opener "What Never Comes," a fully loaded showstopper that comes on like a cross between David Bowie's "Heroes" and Bruce Springsteen's "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," sets the pace, and from there it's an unusually wild ride from a bandleader who often favors straight-to-tape authenticity over studio experimentation. Funky instrumentation and wild percussion abound throughout, especially on the cool and visceral "Luisa's Bones," an old-timey tale filtered through a digital water bag. "Cannibals," a straight-up power pop nugget that could have peen peeled off the back of the first Cheap Trick album, also impresses, but it's Forfeit/Fortune's final two tracks, the mesmerizing, anthem worthy "Modern Dislocation" and its equally rousing counterpart "Your Control" -- the latter a duet with Neko Case -- that seal the deal.
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What Never Comes |
3:14 |
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| 02. | |
Luisa's Bones |
3:22 |
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| 03. | |
Phony Revolutions |
3:09 |
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| 04. | |
Give And Be Taken |
2:41 |
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| 05. | |
Let's Not Pretend (To Be New Men) |
5:07 |
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Cannibals |
2:58 |
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| 07. | |
Sinisteria |
3:55 |
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| 08. | |
¡ No Me Lo Des! |
2:14 |
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| 09. | |
Run, Lieutenant, Run |
2:31 |
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Modern Dislocation |
5:02 |
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| 11. | |
Your Control |
3:54 |
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11 Total Tracks, 38:07 Total Length
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Credits
- Mark Nevers - Engineer // Denis Solee - Clarinet // Denis Solee - Flute // Denis Solee - Sax (Baritone) // Denis Solee - Sax (Tenor) // Denis Solee - Group Member // Neko Case - Voices // Neko Case - Voices // Neko Case - Group Member // Neko Case - Group Member // Eric Bachmann - Guitar // Eric Bachmann - Chimes // Eric Bachmann - Sax (Alto) // Eric Bachmann - Voices // Eric Bachmann - Sampling // Eric Bachmann - Group Member // Alex McManus - Engineer // Martin Feveyear - Mixing // Nick Luca - Tracking // Jason Parker - Trumpet // Jason Parker - Group Member // Ian Cooke - Cello // Ian Cooke - Group Member // Tom Hagerman - Violin // Tom Hagerman - Photography // Tom Hagerman - Group Member // Barton Carroll - Bass (Upright) // Barton Carroll - Lap Steel Guitar // Barton Carroll - Group Member // Miranda Brown - Guitar // Miranda Brown - Voices // Miranda Brown - Group Member // Rod Blackhurst - Cover Photo // Ethan Andrews - Graphic Design // Patrick Marold - Photography
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