New Music 2019: Psychedelic Country Soul - The Long Ryders (February)

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Psychedelic Country Soul - The Long Ryders
Omnivore Recordings (USA)/Cherry Red Records (UK)
Produced by Ed Stasium
Released 15th February 2019

First studio album of new material from The Long Ryders in three decades!!

The "fathers" of the Alt-Country scene have returned in great fashion with a magnificent 12 song collection. Eleven are written by band members and one is a an excellent tribute to Tom Petty in 'Walls' (that features Debbi and Vicki Peterson from the Bangles).

This one is already in the pile for contender for The S4L Album of the Year 2019.

Tidy Tune 2019 #14/28 Gave You Everything - The Interrupters

Gave You Everything - The Interrupters
from the album
Fight the Good Fight

Video released 13th February 2019

Check out the previous post S4L did on the Fight the Good Fight Album.

Newly released video from one of the most exciting bands I've heard for a few years. Totally loved the Fight the Good Fight album from last year.

New Music 2019: Twenty - Taking Back Sunday (January)

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Twenty - Taking Back Sunday
Craft Recordings
Released 11ith January 2019

Watch and Listen To 'Twenty' here:

Tracklist
1 Cute Without The 'E' (Cut From The Team) 3:33 (1)
2 You're So Last Summer 3:02 (1)
3 Timberwolves At New Jersey 3:25 (1)
4 A Decade Under The Influemce 4:09 (2)
5 Set Phasers To Stun 3:05 (2)
6 One-Eighty By Summer 3:56 (2)
7 Liar (It Takes One To Know One) 3:11 (3)
8 Makedamnsure 3:33 (3)
9 What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost? 3:45 (3)
10 My Blue Heaven 4:09 (3)
11 Sink Into Me 3:04 (4)
12 Everything Must Go 4:44 (4)
13 Faith (When I Let You Down)     3:09 (5)
14 Call Me In The Morning 3:59 (5)
15 Flicker, Fade 4:34 (6)
16 Better Homes And Gardens 3:54 (6)
17 Tidal Wave 2:35 (7)
18 You Can't Look Back 4:30 (7)
19 Call Come Running 3:15 (7)
20 All Ready To Go 3:59 (8)
21 A Song For Dan 5:00 (8)

Tracks Appeared on:
(1) Tell All Your Friends (2002)
(2) Where You Want To Be (2004)
(3) Louder Now (2006)
(4) New Again (2009)
(5) Taking Back Sunday (2011)
(6) Happiness Is (2014)
(7) Tidal Wave (2016)
(8) Previously Unreleased

Personnel
    Adam Lazzara – lead vocals (all tracks)
    John Nolan – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals (tracks, 1–3; 13–21)
    Shaun Cooper – bass guitar (tracks, 1–3; 13–21)
    Mark O'Connell – drums, percussion (all tracks)
    Eddie Reyes – rhythm guitar (tracks 1–19)
    Fred Mascherino – lead guitar, vocals (tracks, 4–10)
    Matt Rubano – bass guitar (tracks, 4-12)
    Matthew Fazzi – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals (tracks, 11–12)

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Current Line Up of Taking Back Sunday
    John Nolan – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals (1999–2003; 2010–present)
    Adam Lazzara – lead vocals (2001–present); bass guitar, vocals (2000–2001)
    Mark O'Connell – drums, percussion (2001–present)
    Shaun Cooper – bass guitar (2001–2003; 2010–present)

Twenty Years for a band is a pretty good landmark to reach and for Taking Back Sunday who began life in Long Island, New York (in 1999), it's been a journey that has not always been smooth sailing due to various personnel departures, and returning members.  They have enjoyed some Chart success over the years with four of their seven studio albums hitting the Top Ten in the USA ('Louder Now' released in 2006 held the highest position at #2 and broke the Top Twenty in the UK Album Chart peaking at #18).

The current line up of the band actually only contains one of the founding members of the band, John Nolan, who had actually left the band in 2003 and returned in 2010 (as did bassist Shaun Cooper for the same time period). Eddie Reyes, also a founding member of the band had left the band in 2018 due to personal problems. Lead vocalist Adam Lazzara and drummer Mark O'Connell have been constant since 2001. I won't go into all the details of the other changes because you can easily track down that information elsewhere on the WorldWideWeb.

'Twenty' is a celebration of those years and draws 19 songs from their seven studio albums that have been released between 2002-2016 and also two new songs that give a little idea to the future direction of Taking Back Sunday.

To Celebrate their 20th Anniversary 

UK Tour
June 2019
13 – Birmingham, O2 Institute
14 – Glasgow, Barrowlands
15 – Belfast, Limelight
16 – Dublin, Vicar Street
18 – London, Troxy
19 – Manchester, Academy
20 – Bristol, O2 Academy Bristol