Thursday, February 14, 2019

The Goodnight Loving - Cemetery Trails Demos




Artist: The Goodnight Loving
Title: Cemetery Trails Demos
Year: 2006
Label: none
Tracks: 1.) Easier Than It Is, 2.) Seeds And Stems, 3.) Girl, 4.) Dead Fish On The Banks, 5.) Takes Its Toll, 6.) Fireworks, 7.) Talkin' Tall, 8.) One Too Many Times, 9.) Smoke And Mirrors, 10.) Wreck Yer Nerves, 11.) Join The Order, 12.) Sordid Borders, 13.) Up North Girl, 14.) You Won't Change, 15.) Sinking Like A Stone, 16.) Another Foggy Yesterday, 17.) Wisconsin Avenue, 19.) Shortwave, 20.) Deadweight, 21.) Content To Fall, 22.) Payphone

The Goodnight Loving took the fairly unusual approach of releasing an LP before a single or anything but they were good enough it worked. I remember first listening to them online via the always interesting Dusty Medical Records and thinking they were ok but not really my thing. Then they got added as a last minute replacement at the 2006 Horizontal Action Blackout and they won me over. 

While their sound is very polished and not really punk in structure, it is still very manic and played with a high level of energy. All the members sing and they trade instruments throughout their shows. It's a shame they never reached an audience beyond the garage punk subset because they were good enough to be bigger. 

Most of their music is available for digital purchase so I won't be posting any of that stuff. This is a collection of demos from the Cemetery Trails era I got off SoulSeek a long time ago. 

Sample: here

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