Awolnation | Megalithic Symphony Deluxe (2013) [iTunes Plus AAC M4A] Artist: Awolnation Album: Megalithic Symphony Deluxe Released: Nov 19, 2013 ℗ 2011 Red Bull Records, Inc. Genre: Alternative, Rock Language: English Bit Rate: iTunes Plus AAC M4A Following his group sojourns with major-label projects Home Town Hero (on Maverick) and Under the Influence of Giants (on Island), Aaron Bruno resurfaces as a one-man band (albeit with a lot of help, including longtime partner Drew Stewart) under the name AWOLNATION on Megalithic Symphony. A megalith is a large stone, so a megalithic symphony would seem to be an ambitious suite of rock music, and the album fits its title if one interprets the ambition as an unfettered eclecticism and sense of whimsy, as tethered to constant dance beats. Bruno seems to have built his tracks up from the percussion patterns, and once he got the beats he liked, he layered on top poppy melodies supporting lyrics sung in falsetto or a gritty tenor, with plenty of goofy electronic sounds in between. The anything goes quality takes in a spoken-word track (Some Sort of Creature) and songs that recall everything from Prince to Men Without Hats. It all comes together on the 15-minute closer, Knights of Shame, which begins with Bruno imploring, Dance, baby, like the world is ending, continues through various sections including a rap by Cameron Duddy, and ends, after a minute or so of silence, with a hidden track that finds Bruno strumming his acoustic guitar and croaking, Its been a long time waiting for you. Megalithic Symphony engages the ear from moment to moment and allows Aaron Bruno to try out a variety of ideas, many of them half-baked, but all of them entertaining. [A Deluxe Edition added a second disc of remixed and live tracks.] Tracklist: Disc 1 01 Megalithic Symphony 02 Some Sort of Creature 03 Soul Wars 04 People 05 Jump on My Shoulders 06 Burn It Down 07 Guilty Filthy Soul 08 Kill Your Heroes 09 My Nightmares Dream 10 Sail 11 Wake Up 12 Not Your Fault 13 All I Need 14 Knights of Shame Disc 2 01 Thiskidsnotalright 02 Some Kind of Joke 03 Everybodys Got a Secret 04 Soul Wars - Live in Salzburg, Austria 05 MF 06 Swinging from the Castles 07 Ive Been Dreaming 08 Shoestrings 09 Not Your Fault (Robert Delong Remix) 10 People (Thomas from Ghostland Observatory Remix) 11 Burn It Down (Innerpartysystem Remix) 12 Guilty Filthy Soul (Samantha Ronson Remix Featuring Wale) 13 Jump on My Shoulders (Thomas from Ghostland Observatory Remix) 14 Sail (Borgore Pop the Sweating Im Sailing Remix) 15 Sail (Dan the Automator Remix) 16 Sail (Feed Me Remix) 17 Sail (Tde Remix feat. Kendrick Lamar & AB Soul) 18 Sail (Unlimited Gravity Remix)
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 06:59:03 +0000
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