RobL Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Very happy today after listning to the new moe. album.. reviews are pritty good aswellTrack Listings 1. Cathedral 2. Sticks and Stones 3. Darkness 4. Conviction Song 5. 202 6. Deep This Time 7. All Roads Lead to Home 8. September 9. Queen of Everything 10. Raise a Glass moe.http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/17950620/review/17954230/sticks_and_stonesSticks And Stones RS: 3.5of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 4.5of 5 Stars 2008 View moe.'s page on RhapsodyThe five guys in Moe usually make albums this way: Write tunes, literally jam them into shape on tour, then cut 'em. This time, the upstate New York band flipped the script, recording songs as they were composed in the studio. The result is a concise, punchy good time, emphasizing the songcraft inside Moe's improvising mettle and the double-guitar pow of Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey, even when they're not soloing. The second half of the album's title certainly applies to Schnier and Garvey's early-Seventies Mick Taylor-and-Keith Richards crossfire of high-treble slash and lightly distorted skids in the title song and the thumper "Queen of Everything." In "Darkness," the guitarists sound like a pair of Neil Youngs, trading crunchy flourishes behind bassist Rob Derhak's vocal. "Conviction Song" and "September" highlight Moe's autumnal-ballad gifts, particularly the deep-sigh grace of the band's harmonies. But if this was 1973, the FM pick-to-click here would be the Badfinger-like guitar chop and dirty-Eagles chorale of "All Roads Lead to Home" — which, for these songs, is now the stage. DAVID FRICKE(Posted: Jan 9, 2008) Add to Del.icio.us DiggThis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Loving this album. Much different moe. but outstanding. My favorite songs so far are the zappa inspired 202 and the bluesy all roads lead to home. Anyone else listen to it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 haven't heard it yet. does al sing on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Listen to it. He ain't no brad barr though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Listen to it. He ain't no brad barr though.Yeah I know. He can't make the girls swoon like Brad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 saw them at the fillmore last week in S.F and they were so so...but then again it was a tour opener which can either be raging outta the gate or rusty. ... this one was rusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I've listened to half of it so far (funny, because it's only 40 minutes long) and I'm not sold yet. I do know that the title track is pretty brutle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I just went for a walk at lunch and listened to the first half as well c-towns. Like you, i'm not sold yet. This isn't Conch by any means. It really does sound kinda "basic". I don't know if that is the best way to describe it. I'll have to listen to it a couple of more times, and see some of it live at the Town Ballroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 The conch took a couple of listens to get into for me as well, not wormwood though, that has probably been my most played album I own since it came out, I've had to buy it twice from so much play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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