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SAB013CD - CD
656605887425
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VANCOUVER HAS PRESENTED THE WORLD WITH SO MANY GREAT BANDS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT ONE WONDERS IF THERE'S ROOM FOR ANOTHER. ENTER THE BATTLES, OR SHOULD WE SAY, RE-ENTER THE BATTLES. 2006 IS THE YEAR THEIR SECOND RECORD, TOMORROW'S EAGER HANDS, FINALLY SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY, FOLLOWING THE QUIET RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT, LYCANTHROPY (RELEASED ON THE BLUE CURTAIN IN 2001). THE BATTLES FORMED IN 2000. CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH AS THE FEELIES, THE EMBARRASSMENT, BRYAN FERRY AND EVEN MAYO THOMPSON. STEPHEN WOOD, THE GROUP'S MAIN FORCE, HAS AN UNCANNY KNACK FOR CREATING BRILLIANT, ANOMALOUS POP TUNES; SONGS WITH BOTH SOMETHING BORROWED AND SOMETHING NEW. WOOD ACTUALLY CUT HIS TEETH WIELDING THE AXE FOR DESTROYER ON THE ALBUMS STREETHAWK: A SEDUCTION, THIEF AND CITY OF DAUGHTERS. STEPHEN WOOD'S SONGWRITING OFFERS NODS TO CRAFTSMEN SUCH AS RAY DAVIES, JOHN LENNON AND ROBYN HITCHCOCK. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH OTHER ACTS THAT HAVE ADOPTED THE "BATTLES" MONIKER, THE BATTLES ON SOFT ABUSE DO NOT FEATURE FORMER MEMBERS OF DON CABALLERO NOR THE SON OF AN AVANT JAZZ LEGEND. QUITE SIMPLY, VANCOUVER'S THE BATTLES CRAFT TIMELESS POP MUSIC OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER. MEMBERS INCLUDES STEPHEN WOOD (EX-DESTROYER), TIM LOWEN (DESTROYER, PRECIOUS FATHERS), SCOTT MORGAN (LOSCIL, DESTROYER), AND DANIEL BEJAR (DESTROYER, THE NEW PRONOGRAPHERS).
Tracks
1. CHANGES
2. OMEGA MAN
3. POEM #8 (THAT WOULD BE GOOD)
4. WONDER
5. SUZANNE
6. SUSAN'S REPLY
7. (MAKE LOVE) IN THE BED OF RIVERS
8. WE WERE RIGHT TOFIGHT
9. IN EXCELSIS, YEAH
10. NORTHERN MAN
11. RIGHT ON
Press
PLAN B, MOJO, UNCUT, MORE TBC