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The new album "Falling by the Second" by The Atlantic Manor was recorded on the spot, with no rehearsals, at a home studio for around five hundred dollars. The result is an album that sounds to me like Lou Reed's "Berlin," Pedro the Lion's "It's Hard to Find a Friend," and Tom Waits's "Rain Dogs" were ran through a blender and reconstructed by a morphine-infused manic-depressive poet, and with good reason, front-man and driving force Rick Sell made this as his "divorce album," with the help of his friends Jorge Bejel, Rick Sancher, and Laura Moreno.
Track listing:
(as listed on the cover,
although not the actual listing)
01 Every Thing Can Die Today
02 No One Cares About Your Reasons Why
03 Falling By The Second
04 Strung Out Camp Talk
05 Lancaster
06 Suicide Jockey
07 Inside of Your Heart
08 Broken Bones Heal
09 Jack's Death Scene
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Throughout the album you can hear the different feelings from the break-up, from blaming himself, "and he's kissin' you, and he holds you tight, he says the things to you, i could never get right...he says the words you want to hear at night," to blaming the new lover, "we used to be so close, all the girls would watch, it used to be so beautiful, so i thought, what has he done to you," to implying that somewhere in the back, he's been alone the whole time, "i think of better days, i get a strange sensation, feels like i've always been here before." This is a good album--the only drawback (if it really is one) is that this is a mood album, meaning, you need to be in a certain mood to really appreciate it. But believe me, there will be times when you need this album. If you feel you will ever be down, lonely, or just not feel right and need this album, you can get it from Do Too Records at www.Insound.com. The cover art, "Apple Blossom" by Kelli Dubay can be viewed at www.fineartandphoto.com and you can contact the Atlantic Manor at dotwo@bellsouth.net.
-Jason Hall 10/03/03
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