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Shudder to Think
Live from Home
Release Date: 2009 09 15
Label: Team Love
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For roughly ten years, mostly coinciding with the '90s, D.C.'s Shudder to Think made some of the most intelligent, intricate, and downright interesting indie rock around. Craig Wedren's delicate, borderline-falsetto '50s torch singer-wail hovered over dark novellas of three-minute songs which ranged from the jagged post-hardcore of "Hit Liquor" to the barroom garage punk of "X French T-Shirt" to the pure melodic joy of "Red House" (a near-pitch-perfect pop single which modern rock radio somehow slept on). It's the sort of wide span one might expect from a band who spent time both on Dischord and Sony Records. In 1998, bassist Nathan Larson left for solo projects and Shudder to Think dissolved. The band was silent until 2007 when they re-formed for a one-off at the Mercury Lounge, then re-formed again for a short tour in 2008 and kept adding more dates as if in the flush of a renewed and cherished love affair. Live from Home, culled from that 2008 tour and released by Conor Oberst's Team Love imprint, captures that sort of spirit, that of a band who truly missed playing together, energized with the glory of rediscovering each other's musical quirks. The album opens on "Red House," and the song's deliberate build amps up the excitement and the rock & roll Sturm und Drang never lets up. Perhaps it's the pent-up energy of a powerful live band, dormant for nearly a decade, whose stage set had never been burned to wax, but Live from Home captures the thrill of the show about as well as can be done. Shudder to Think's zest in their return is palpable, this live recording both a fan essential and a good starting point. Jason Thurston, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1(Dialog):35
2Red HouseHill, Matthews, Russell, Wedren3:36
3Shake Your Halo DownWedren, Matthews, Russell, Hill2:35
4(Dialog):24
5Hit LiquorWade, Hill, Larson, Wedren4:14
6Love CatastropheRussell, Wedren, Matthews, Hill3:23
7Lies About the SkyMatthews, Wedren, Hill, Russell5:35
8Jade Dust EyesWedren, Hill, Matthews, Russell2:17
9Gang of $Wedren, Larson, Hill, Wade3:47
10She Wears He-HaremHill, Wedren, Russell, Matthews2:51
11RagHill, Matthews, Russell, Wedren3:16
12PebblesRussell, Wedren, Matthews, Hill4:46
139 Fingers on YouLarson, Hill, Wedren, Wade2:59
14No RM. 9, KentuckyLarson, Wedren, Wade, Hill6:22
15Call of the PlaygroundHill, Wade, Wedren, Larson3:30
16ChocolateMatthews, Hill, Russell, Wedren3:23
17X-French Tee ShirtLarson, Wade, Hill, Wedren4:37
18(Dialog):35
19About Three DreamsWedren, Matthews, Hill, Russell4:52
20(Dialog)1:03
21Day DittyRussell, Hill, Matthews, Wedren4:45







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