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- Date Released: January 22, 2008
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock, Alternative
- Label: Enemy Artwork / IODA
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The second album by Brooklyn indie rockers Hunters, Run! buries a number of genuinely interesting musical ideas under a sheen of affected hipsterism. Listened to casually, Forgotten Souvenirs of the Modern Age sounds way too much like just another batch of overeducated kids playing with ProTools in a Williamsburg loft, a first impression that isn't helped at all by the album's flat, affectless production. Fight past the bland too cool for schoolness, however, and singer/songwriter Larry Hess proves to have a more interesting set of influences than many of his contemporaries -- the melodic complexity of prime XTC circa Black Sea and English Settlement and late-era Hüsker Dü and Replacements, when Bob Mould and Paul Westerberg were unpeeling emotional truths behind their wall of feedback, for starters -- and is able to transform those into a batch of varied and tuneful songs with wittily evocative lyrics. Highlights include the title track, the album's most instantly memorable tune, and the Feelies-like jangle and swoon of "Union, CT," as well as the atmospheric darkness of the skeletal closer, "It Was Then That I Realized Even This Would End." Forgotten Souvenirs of the Modern Age does take several listens to decode, but the rewards are worth the effort.
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Apollo & Daphne |
4:23 |
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| 02. | |
Forgotten Souvenirs of the Modern Age |
4:46 |
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| 03. | |
War During Lifetime |
3:01 |
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| 04. | |
It's Gonna Be a Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark Night |
4:14 |
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| 05. | |
Check the Jacket and Shoes |
6:01 |
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| 06. | |
Union, CT. |
4:53 |
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| 07. | |
Shake What God Gave Ya |
3:52 |
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| 08. | |
The Manly Art |
3:56 |
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| 09. | |
it Was Then That I Realized That Even This Would End |
6:29 |
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09 Total Tracks, 41:35 Total Length
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Credits
- Will Walker's Whispering Syncopators - Engineer // Steve Fallone - Mastering // Nelson Colón - Drums // Nelson Colón - Group Member // Andrew Watson - Engineer // Andrew Watson - Mixing
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