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North Lincoln-Midwestern Blood-2009-FNT



Release Info

Artist: North Lincoln
Album: Midwestern Blood
Label: No Idea
Playtime: 37:38 min
Genre: Punk Rock
URL: No Idea Records
Rip date: 2009-06-01
Street date: 2009-06-09
Size: 55.24 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 194 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo

Release Notes

"There's some kind of crazy connection between Michigan and Florida, enough
so that the proposed bullet-train / flume ride linking the two states starts
to make a hell of a lot of sense, especially when you consider the
twenty-some-odd trips to Gainesville NORTH LINCOLN has made from Grand Rapids
over the last five years. Between recording two albums and a demo here
playing five Fests, and touring in general, maybe they should invest in a
time-share or foster a band-exchange program?

The eleven songs on "Midwestern Blood" are the culmination of a two-year
recording and mixing process. Rob McGregor once again captured the noise at
Goldentone Studio, with Derron Nuhfer mixing the beast at Crescendo Sound
The trade off captured the best of both worlds. The band took their straight
forward, gruff mix of anthemic punk and raspy rock and extended the formula
to include instrumental stretches and more space to breathe. Maybe it was too
many hours spent listening to Drive Like Jehu? Maybe it was something in the
water... or the snow? Whatever it was, we can all hope that they drink deep
and forge ahead, striking the delicate balance between record-nerd and
music-geek. (Insert college football reference here.)" - Var / No Idea

A few years ago, somebody coined the term "Midwestern beer- belly despair
rock" to describe a handful of bands emanating from the greater
Illinois/Michigan era, and the moniker couldn't be more aptly fitting for
North Lincoln. Hailing from the reeling metropolis of Grand Rapids, deeply
rooted in a community that rode the post-industrial wave of collapse and
still struggles to keep its head above water, North Lincoln embodies a newer
wave of working-class punk rock that ditches the anthemic trappings of Boston
and New York and instead builds on the melancholy hymns of luminaries like
JAWBREAKER and LEATHERFACE. They've added a healthy dash of HOT WATER MUSIC's
hoarsely-shouted defiance to craft their own niche - desperate without
implying resignation, helpless without feeling hopeless, downhearted but
never defeated. It's furious mid-tempo rock heavily steeped in distorted
minor chords, all tied together by lyrics that scrutinize the turbulent
personal and social relationships found in their community and, more likely
than not, mirrored in our own

Track List

01. My Summer Spent Indoors ( 1:35)
02. Spy ( 2:56)
03. Seasons ( 2:53)
04. Remember ( 3:33)
05. Bridge Jumpers ( 3:20)
06. All This Time ( 5:00)
07. Morals ( 4:42)
08. Leveling ( 2:40)
09. Weight Of The World ( 4:04)
10. No Turning Back ( 3:30)
11. Siblings ( 3:25).

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