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New song available for download
Filter Magazine is running a promo for the new album and are offering an mp3 download of ‘Conversations’. Click here to visit their site and listen to the song.
Confirmed list of Posies dates so far
From Jon Auer:
JULY
19 Switzerland, Nyon, Paleo Festival (Club Tent)
21 Ireland, Dublin, Whelans
22 Ireland, Cork, Cruiscin Lan
23 Ireland, Limerick, Dolans
24 Ireland, Galway, Roisin Dubh
26 UK, Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
28 Italy, Catania, Le Ciminiere
30 UK, London, Islington, Academy
31 UK, Manchester, Academy 3
AUGUST
1 UK, Glasgow, King Tuts
4 Spain, Benicassim, Festival
6 Finland, Korso, Ankkarock
9 Sweden, Gothenburg, Goteborgskalaset
10 Sweden, Stockholm, Debaser
11 Norway, Oslo, Rockefeller (Oya Festival)
18 Holland, Utrecht, Tivoli De Helling
19 Belgium, Hassalt, Pukkelpop (Marquee Stage)
20 UK, Exeter, Beautiful Days Festival
Posies song list
Posted by Jon Auer to the message board on jonauer.com:
…as of May 20th, 2005, these are the songs we know with the current lineup:
all in a days work EKOL
any other way D23
anything and everything EKOL
apology D23
broken record AD
burn and shine FOTB
chainsmoking in the usa NCAAP
compliment F
conversations EKOL
could he treat you better EKOL
daily mutilation AD
definite door FOTB
dream all day FOTB
everybody is a fucking liar AD
fall apart with me S
farewell typewriter S
fight it AD
flavor of the month FOTB
flood of sunshine D23
golden blunders D23
grant hart AD
hate song AD
i finally found a jungle i like EKOL
i guess you’re right EKOL
I may hate you sometimes F
it’s great to be here again EKOL
last crawl EKOL
lights out FOTB
love comes EKOL
love letter boxes FOTB
matinee NCAAP
no consolation NCAAP
Ontario AD
Placebo S
please return it AD
precious moments AD
sad to be aware AD
second time around EKOL
solar sister FOTB
song #1 AD
start a life S
suddenly mary D23
sweethearts of rodeo drive EKOL
terrorized AD
that don’t fly EKOL
throwaway AD
when mute tongues can speak FOTB
who to blame S
with those eyes NCAAP
world AD
you’re the beautiful one S
Failure—2
Dear 23–-5
Frosting on the Beater–8
Amazing Disgrace—14
Success–6
Nice Cheekbones & a PhD–4
Every Kind of Light –12
Posies to play Belgian festival
On August 19th, they will play the Pukkelpop festival.
Rykodisc site news
Rykodisc‘s page for the Posies is up, including the new biography and a photo. In addition, Every Kind Of Light (a larger look at the cover) can be pre-ordered for $17.
The tracklisting:
1. It’s Great To Be Here Again
2. Conversations
3. All In A Day’s Work
4. I Guess You’re Right
5. Anything And Everything
6. Second Time Around
7. Last Crawl
8. Could He Treat You Better
9. Love Comes
10. I Finally Found A Jungle I Like
11. That Don’t Fly
12. Sweethearts of Rodeo Drive
In addition, Not Lame now has mp3 soundclips of 5 songs.
Jon and Ken interviewed about the new album
From May 17th.
In contrast to the painstaking production of previous Posies platters such as Dear 23 (1990) and Frosting On The Beater (1993), Every Kind Of Light is characterized by the immediacy and excitement of great live rock and roll. “We recorded the majority of this music as four people playing off each other in a room together,” says Jon, “and we tried to keep as much as possible of what we initially put down as a group.”
“Pretty much what you hear on this record is the first or second time we played the music all the way through,” Ken adds, “and it really shows. It’s alive.”
Read the entire article here.
Drowned In Sound reviews ‘Every Kind Of Light’
Every Kind Of Light
by The Posies on Rykodisc
Release date: 28th June 2005
Never ones to fit snugly beside their early ‘90s Seattle playmates, The Posies were instead the band that was most overtly committed to reproducing the sublime jangly guitar pop of Big Star. The songwriting partnership of Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow injected louder guitars and even more power-pop sensibilities into their music, but their infatuation eventually led to head ‘Star Alex Chilton recruiting them for his band’s ‘reunion’ tours.
‘Every Kind Of Light’ sees the duo back in the driving seat and picking up pretty much where 1998’s sultry ‘Success’ left off. That’s maybe slightly untrue: parts of ‘Every Kind…’ sound like a return to the meatier rock of their mid-‘90s work, it’s just that those songs don’t sound as convincing as the gooey AOR pop evident on ‘Love Comes’, for example. ‘Second Time Around’ has a sledgehammer guitar riff, but it’s not much of a song. Anyway the Posies were always better at being a pop band than a rock band, right?
But there’s that niggling term: AOR. Because, despite the one or two stabs at youthful exuberance evident here, this is an AOR album through and through. Even Teenage Fanclub, who have settled so deeply into their own wistful groove they may well be growing roots, come over like a carefree Gen X update of The Byrds. The Posies now spend their time obsessing over the stifling American condition; the evils of corporations, George WB, consumerism (remember they were burnt by giants DGC themselves), but as with Bruce Springsteen’s faux nationalistic tirades, it’s hard to hear past the glitz and gloss. It’s lucky at least that they’re good at it.
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/12260.html
Album cover revealed
A small image of Every Kind Of Light‘s cover, from a Swedish record site… huge thanks to Henrik for spotting this and sending it in!
For another look at the artwork, this week’s NME contains an ad for the album/tour (credit to Suzy for scanning this!):
Another show for sale on ticketmaster
King Tuts Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, UK on the 1st of August.
Buy tickets here.