{"id":4718,"date":"2011-05-03T00:02:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T00:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=4718"},"modified":"2011-05-03T21:07:45","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T21:07:45","slug":"out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new-singalongs-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-05\/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new-singalongs-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Out With the Old, and In With The New (Singalong Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve been dwelling on the past quite a bit recently.\u00a0 In the meantime we’ve had a few new(er) songs on repeat in our jukebox that compel you to sing and\/or shout along.\u00a0 Check ’em.<\/p>\n

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Chief among these new-ish songs is Fergus Falls <\/strong><\/em>from Milwaukee band Conrad Plymouth<\/strong>.\u00a0 It’s an anthemic monster that starts slow and builds, eventually inflating into a sing-along zeppelin with the inspiring refrain: \u201cThis is the one in which I miraculously pulled out\/ Of a free-fall dive over Fergus Falls, Minnesota.\u201d\u00a0 Sometimes we rejoice in victory.\u00a0 At other times it’s enough to celebrate the aversion of a downward-spiral disaster and to proclaim victory in survival.\u00a0 The repetition and build serves to drive the point home.\u00a0 Well played.<\/p>\n

Conrad Plymouth–Fergus Falls<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04-Fergus-Falls.mp3|titles=04 Fergus Falls]\n

We don’t know if this band will ever attain these lofty heights again (a new record release is impending), but you can stream and download their four-song e.p. from last year here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Next up is the too-short, but too-good, shout-along, Crop Circle Plus Legs,<\/em><\/strong> from Chicago’s Like Pioneers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like Pioneers–Crop Circle Plus Legs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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You can check out Like Pioneers’ album, “Piecemeal,” over at Bandcamp.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

And finally, Typhoon<\/strong>, one of our favorite studio <\/strong>bands (we were not wowed by them live, but look forward to giving them another chance) that were unearthed for us last year (thanks, D!<\/strong>), released a magnum e.p. on us\u00a0 (“A New Kind of House”<\/strong><\/a>) in March as a follow-up to last year’s great album, “Hunger and Thirst,”<\/strong> and re-released their phenomenal song, CPR–Claws Part 2 <\/strong><\/em>from that album. <\/strong><\/em>It’s a great song that’ll get you in the mood for a little Spring-cleaning (of sorts).<\/p>\n

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Typhoon–CPR–Claws Part 2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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