The Long Distance Runners - Tracks (2012) [FLAC/320] The Long Distance Runners - Tracks
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Artist.................: The Long Distance Runners
Album................: Tracks
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: CD
Year..................: 2012
Ripper................: NMR
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Covers..............: Front
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Grayowl Point
A source for Canadian indie music reviews, interviews and news
Review- “Tracks”- Long Distance Runners
reviewed by Michael Thomas
Sometimes an album’s content is as witty as the corresponding album title. In this case, you could not get a better setup-a band called Lost Distance Runners, and an album called Tracks which has a double meaning. The album cover even contributes to the wittiness.
I was pleased to note that this album is a lot more than a clever play on words. In fact, Tracks is a brilliant collection of, well, tracks.
The band brought to mind more often than not a band straight out of the sixties. There is a certain slyness to the music, as if we’ve been best friends with Long Distance Runners for some time now. The music is also incredibly, incredibly smooth. The configuration of guitar, bass, drums or horns always seems to be just right.
Take the opener “Election Day.” The smoothness I mentioned is immediately present in the guitar and bass, as lead singer Chris Picco sings “Did they really believe they could destroy you?” In this song, Picco sounds like Bono fronting Zeus.
“Knuckles” at one point throws a banjo into the mix, and this might not be thrilling to note except for the fact that the band learned a banjo part at the last minute rather than have another musician play. That’s fairly impressive.
There’s an even more prominent “old-time” feel to “Treading Water” which makes very heavy use of horns (and I love me some horns, if that wasn’t already clear). “Sally Ann” meanwhile is a well-crafted pop song, and halfway through morphs into a song that could have been played by Lou Reed.
“If I Forget To Say I Love You” turned out to be one of my favourite tunes on the album even though the title makes it sound cheesy. Instead, it’s a heartfelt song sung playfully. If the character forgets to say he loves his girlfriend, he says, “Then darling don’t hesitate, punch me in the face/And throw me up against the wall.”
“Credits Roll” sounds like a song out of Joel Plaskett’s songbook, and this is a high compliment. There’s also some great power in “The Island.” “He Doesn’t Stare Into the Sun No More” is a deceivingly sunny song, and the last song, “A Short History of America,” sounds like an extended campfire song, featuring the prominent line “If you
don’t know where you come from/Where you s’posed to go?/I know where I come from/’Cause I was born to rock and roll.”
Upon closer listening I found myself enjoying this immensely. When you take a minute to consider what goes into each song, there’s nothing you can complain about.
Rating: Excellent
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CD - Long Distance Runners - Tracks
Our Rating - ★★★½☆ (3 1/2 of 5 stars)
By: Julijana Capone
Nostalgic rock is big these days (read: Zeus, The Sheepdogs). Upon first glance, St. John’s four-piece Long Distance Runners may come across as being just another band reveling in the rock of yesteryear. The group made its name in 2010 with its debut EP, which grabbed nods at the East Coast Music Awards the following year. Bathed in Kinks influences heard in the jangly beats and subtle twang throughout, especially on Sally Ann, LDR’s strongest attribute is its sunny harmonies, though the goofy jazz detour, Treading Water, seems out of place with the rest of the album’s classic rock vibe.
An overdose of nostalgia, perhaps, but nevertheless Tracks is just catchy enough to break the foursome out of the Maritimes.
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1. (00:03:41) The Long Distance Runners - Election Day
2. (00:03:51) The Long Distance Runners - Knuckles
3. (00:02:26) The Long Distance Runners - Treading Water
4. (00:04:58) The Long Distance Runners - Sally Ann
5. (00:04:19) The Long Distance Runners - If I Forget To Say I Love You
6. (00:04:32) The Long Distance Runners - Credits Roll
7. (00:03:24) The Long Distance Runners - You Don't Answer Anymore
8. (00:04:41) The Long Distance Runners - The Island
9. (00:02:26) The Long Distance Runners - Up The River
10. (00:04:08) The Long Distance Runners - He Doesn't Stare Into The Sun No More
11. (00:06:20) The Long Distance Runners - A Short History Of America
Playing Time.........: 00:44:47
Total Size............: 284.00 MB (FLAC)
Total Size............: 103.00 MB (MP3)
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Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.0 (DR)
Analyzed: The Long Distance Runners / Tracks
Number of tracks: 11
Codec: FLAC
Official DR value: DR7
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