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13 tracks | 55 minutes
Released Jan 2004
on Kiss My Squirrel Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:00 Found lyrics BUY MP3 02:00 Found lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:00 Found
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:15 Break the Skin lyrics BUY MP3 04:15 Break the Skin lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:15 Break the Skin
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:20 In Reach lyrics BUY MP3 06:20 In Reach lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:20 In Reach
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 Double Down lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 Double Down lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 Double Down
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:53 Sioux City lyrics BUY MP3 03:53 Sioux City lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:53 Sioux City
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:34 Wedding Eyes lyrics BUY MP3 03:34 Wedding Eyes lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:34 Wedding Eyes
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:39 Coming Home lyrics BUY MP3 04:39 Coming Home lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:39 Coming Home
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:59 Heading South lyrics BUY MP3 04:59 Heading South lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:59 Heading South
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The Fallen Stars' "found & lost" features fine Springsteen-style storytelling backed by a Wilco-esque soundtrack that captures the bittersweet charm and candor of the Replacements.
Bio / Background
Imagine that Joe Strummer, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul Westerberg were the same person. Now imagine that this "Joe Springberg" married Maria McKee and they started a band with the Stones back in the Gram Parsons years, you know, when they were still cool. Throw in a copy of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and you might be coming close to describing the sound of the Fallen Stars.
"What do we sound like? Well, if we had come out 30 years ago, we would have been called rock & roll, no question. Now there are so many subgenres, no one plays plain old rock anymore. I could say we're 'garage-alt.country-post-punk-roots-rock,'" says Bobbo Byrnes, thoughtfully strumming an ever present guitar, "but that's a hell of a mouthful for a rock band." Byrnes is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the band and is joined by bass-playing wife Tracy, keyboardist J. Williams, and drummer Chuck Rogers.
↓ more ↓Their new album, "found & lost," recounts the rise and fall of a relationship, from the loneliness of "Break the Skin" and fragile first discovery of love in "In Reach," through the disillusionment of "Wedding Eyes," and finally the bitter, numbing taste of regret of "San Diego."
Bookended by two theme pieces appropriately titled "Found" and "Lost," the album weaves together songs ranging from achingly atmospheric ballads (Heading South,) to Rickenbacker 12-string jangle-pop (Sioux City) to scorching rockers (Double Down, Coming Home) in a surprisingly cohesive narrative. Stand out tracks include the tipsy, country-tinged ballad "Ellie" and the hard-driving, all-or-nothing "Double Down."
Much of the album was inspired by those close to Byrnes. "When everyone you know begins to fall apart, what else can you do but write an album about it?"
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