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753417007529SCAT75CD - CD
753417007529
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FINN'S MOTEL DRAWS ON CLASSIC POWER POP AND PRIME, MIDWESTERN ROCK (THINK CHEAP TRICK OR THE REPLACEMENTS) BUT NEVER SOUNDS FORMULAIC. ESCAPE VELOCITY IS PSYCHEDELIC WITHOUT THE WAH-WAH PEDALS; INSTEAD SUDDEN SHIFTS IN TIME AND PERSPECTIVE TAKE THE MUSIC TO NEW PLACES. THESE SONGS ARE DYNAMIC, UNPREDICTABLE, VISIONARY AND STUCK-IN-YOUR-HEADFOR- DAYS INFECTIOUS.
ESCAPE VELOCITY IS DEFINED AS THE SPEED REQUIRED TO LEAVE A BODY. SOUNDS COOL, BUT LET'S BE HONEST: THIS ESCAPE VELOCITY IS THE PRODUCT OF A PUSHING-FORTY, MARRIED-WITH-CHILDREN ROCKER NAMED JOE THEBEAU, HIS AFFTON, MISSOURI BASEMENT, SOME CURRENT MEMBERS OF PRISONSHAKE, AN ABUNDANCE OF IMAGINATION AND SOME FORMIDABLE SONGWRITING. ESCAPE VELOCITY WAS WRITTEN, ENGINEERED AND PRODUCED IN THEBEAU'S BASEMENT BUT SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE A BASEMENT RECORDING THANKS LARGELY TO STUDIO SAVANT ADAM SCHMITT, WHO MIXED MOST OF THE TRACKS. EXPECT THIS TO HAVE A HIGHER PROFILE THAN USUAL FOR A SCAT RELEASE. THE LABEL CONSIDERS IT A TOP PRIORITY AND WILL INVEST IN PUBLICITY AND MARKETING TO A GREATER EXTENT THAN EVER BEFORE.
Tracks
1. DRAMAMINE FOR ENGINE 3
2. ACCELERATE AND BRAKE
3. HIGHWAY HAWK
4. RECENT LINEAR LANDSCAPES
5. ALRIGHT TONIGHT
6. EERO SAARINEN
7. THE PHYSICS OF DRUNK DRIVING
8. HANGOVER IN AN AGING SUBURB
9. EXIT STRATEGY FAILED
10. CONCORD VILLAGE OPTIMIST CLUB
11. ON THE NEED FOR REPEATABLE SYSTEMS
12. OF CYCLES AND ENGINES
13. SHRINKING VIOLET
14. POSTCARD
15. ARIZONA SANDSTORM
16. EQUILIBRIUM
17. UNIVERSAL HUM
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