Stand

Stand - Days Gone Stand Discography [1999] Correspondent [2001] Beautiful Grey [2002] Intervals (EP) [2005] Transmissions [2007] Travel Light [2007] Travel Light 2-Piece Carry-On (2 tracks) [2008] Transmissions (remastered) [2007] Sleeping on Our Feet / In A Happy Place DVD Band Members ♥ Alan Doyle ♥ Carl Dowling ♥ Neil Eurelle ♥ David Walsh Read More Stand http://weheartmus... Not quite rock and not quite roll, Stand exists somewhere between Vertical Horizon and American I...

Since some of you guys really liked Once and The Frames, I thought it's about time I talked about Stand, the rock band that's currently based out of Dublin, Ireland. I really think they have the passion and music that's very similar to The Frames... so if you liked Once, you should definitely check out Stand.

Also, Lara wrote a concert review of the Stand at Bowery Ballroom in New York last February (set list for the show is available on their blog), in the review, she also talked about their last studio album, Travel Light.

Well, I'm here to tell you more about the album. The actual CD has some cool die-cuts on the cover, so the liner note insert creates different colors - depending on how you insert in the sleeve.

Stand - Sometimes

The CD comes with a companion 2-track disc cardstock called (cleverly) Travel Light 2-Piece Carry-On with "Days Gone" and "Sometimes" (note: "Days Gone" is available the album).

I do have to agree with Lara, who mentioned the duel-singing between Neil Eurelle and Alan Doyle were infectious. There's just something really cool about two singers finishing up the other's sentences, because obviously they both need to be in tune with each other. You can hear evidence of this on "Days Gone" and "Carousel".

The percussion is pretty amazing on "Who Made You Jesus?", which at one point was really chaotic and caught me off guard. I also dig the George W Bush speech in the song... and especially in association with the song title.

Other songs worth checking out are "Dressed to Kill" (a very catchy guitar rift), "Slave to the Weekend" (song can be heard on their myspace), "Low Culture" (the sudden stop in the song is cool!) and "Carousel" (I like the experimental sound).

Overall, a great CD package with some great songs.

So what's new with Stand? They have decided to re-release their original 2005 album, Transmission. The new and improved (remastered) album will be released April 21st exclusively on their store. Travel Light is available now.

 03/29/2008 22:34:00  vu my♥posts www.standland.com myspace.com