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asks the room to please stop spinning by Johnny Action Figure
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fave it Emo | California Pop
7 tracks | 24 minutes
Released Aug 2006
on drp records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 Lose Our Face lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 Lose Our Face lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 Lose Our Face
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:31 (This is how I look) when I laugh at death lyrics BUY MP3 02:31 (This is how I look) when I laugh at death lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:31 (This is how I look) when I laugh at death
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:03 Please Stop Spinning lyrics BUY MP3 03:03 Please Stop Spinning lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:03 Please Stop Spinning
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:54 Replaced With Lampposts lyrics BUY MP3 03:54 Replaced With Lampposts lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:54 Replaced With Lampposts
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:16 Francis lyrics FREE 03:16 Francis lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:16 Francis
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:47 Like A Canary lyrics BUY MP3 03:47 Like A Canary lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:47 Like A Canary
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:37 Your Fortune's Gonna Leave You lyrics BUY MP3 04:37 Your Fortune's Gonna Leave You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:37 Your Fortune's Gonna Leave You
4 talented songwriters into Elliot Smith, The Beach Boys, and Elvis Costello create a masterpiece melting pot CD filled with harmony filled catchy pop songs that will bring a smile to your face.
Editorial review
"Pop music" has increasingly become a dirty phrase of sorts among rock fans in the early 21st century, which is understandable: the majority of pop music is either saccharine-sweet or slicked up beyond comprehension. But pop music wasn't always like this -- remember the good ol' days of Elvis Costello and Tom Petty? Johnny Action Figure certainly do, as evidenced by their sophomore release, the 2006 seven-track EP Asks the Room to Please Stop Spinning. The unmistakable jingle jangle of guitars kicks off the album-opener "Lose Our Face," while the group gently treads on emo territory with such selections as "(This is How I Look) When I Laugh at Death," and introduces Green Day-like power chords to the proceedings on "Francis." Johnny Action Figure is one of the few rock acts of the early 21st century that manages to combine pop sensibilities from yesterday without coming off retro at all. And the quartet deserves a pat on the back for issuing an album that sounds like a band playing live in a room together -- something that's sadly become an anomaly in the modern day pop world. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Johnny Action Figure is a rock n' roll band made up of best friends, each adding their own talent to create music they love to play. Hailing from Reading, Pennsylvania, a city 10 times more dangerous than Philly, the band have gotten into their fair share of gang-related warfare.
JAF takes a lot of their influence from great bands/artists like Elliot Smith, Elvis Costello, Koufax, and Tom Petty.
With a collection of demos from their high school days, the band assembled a proper full-length. They released the self-titled record on their own in March, 2004. You can pick up the record online here.
After playing countless shows, many with national acts such as Something Corporate, The Get Up Kids and Midtown, as well as a spot on the '04 Warped Tour, JAF won over hundreds of people throughout Pennsylvania and the tri-state area.
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