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Tracklisting:
1. Poems For Freaks
2. Sticks And Stones
3. 25
4. NYC (Money Money)
5. Kill Me Know (Or You Never Will)
6. Stuff In Your Pocket
7. One More Hit
8. Six Pieds Sous Terre
9. New Variety
10. Idealize
‘Sticks and Stones’ embodies the power and dynamism of the band’s notable live performance, typifying the energy, fury and blistering musicianship of the band in a memorable four-minute blast.
Formed five years ago in Paris, Underground Railroad released their debut album ‘Twisted Trees’ on One Little Indian in the summer of last year – a ferocious squall of a record crystallising the band’s love for post-punk and New York’s No Wave scene, it won them a passionate following through its wholly uncompromising nature.
“Dark French post-rock…sounds like Pixies covering Psychocandy” NME
“Black-hearted avant punk…whiplashing climaxes.” Metro
“A sound to frighten Gallows back into the tattoo parlour.” The Fly
“Awesome.” Jason McGerr (Death Cab For Cutie)
Drummer Raphael Mura, guitarist Marion Andrau (who both take lead vocal duties) and bassist/backing vocalist JB Ganivet return in the latter half of 2008 with ‘Sticks and Stones’, a new album that smoothes over the jagged edges of their debut, imbuing upon them a strong melodic drive, without losing a trace of the band’s trademark integrity.
Recorded in Seattle at the dawn of 2008 with renowned producer John Goodmanson at its helm (Death Cab For Cutie, Blood Brothers, and Sleater Kinney), it sees Underground Railroad gain maturity without sacrificing their angular, noisy leanings; a Velvet Underground / Jesus and Mary Chain psychedelic swirl is discernible in the hypnotic ‘Stuff in Your Pocket’, while the simple, overdrive-led buzz of Pixies or Sebadoh is palpable in the heady fury of tracks like ‘Kill Me Now (Or You Never Will)’. The record also features Seattle’s prodigal cello player Phil A. Peterson, whose arrangements on ‘Poems For Freaks’ or ‘Six Pieds Sous Terre’ lend these songs an unabashed, epic edge.
“Dark French post-rock that sounds like Pixies covering ‘Psychocandy’. So melodic it made our workie cry a bit”. NME, On The Stereo May 2008
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