Saves the Day - Under the Boards
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Artist: Saves the DayEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Music Label: Vagrant Records
Soundtracks:
- Under The Boards
- Radio
- Can't Stay The Same
- Get Fucked Up
- When I'm Not There
- Lonely Nights
- Bye Bye Baby
- Stay
- Getaway
- Because You Are No Other
- Kaleidoscope
- Woe
- Turning Over In My Tomb
Free Music Notes for Under the Boards
Free Music Review: Great Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Many Saves the Day detractors have complained about this band ever since In Reverie (which was a great album in my opinion) was released, and is completely unjustified. StD remains one of the best bands out there because they are a not a static group of musicians; each album they make is unique. Discontent with simply releasing music that is the same as past efforts, StD evolves with each release and with Under the Boards has created their strongest album since Stay What You Are.
Under the Boards starts off with the title song and sets the theme for the album with its dark mood. "Radio" follows and continues the atmosphere, albeit with more pop than the heavy "Under the Boards". "Can't Stay the Same" could easily be a hit single on the radio; it is incredibly catchy. However, the song stands out slightly from the rest of the album because of how poppy it is. Saves the Day returns to the darker theme with "When I'm Not There". "Lonely Nights" is a nice deviation with the piano. It starts off as a ballad of sorts, and then kicks into a heavier rock, which really makes this song exceptional. By far the most pop influenced song, "Bye Bye Baby" breaks up the melodrama that would've occurred and dragged the album if "Stay" had followed "Lonely Nights". Following all the pop and slow acoustic, "Getaway" marks the final part of Under the Boards, which is much heavier rock that harkens back to Can't Slow Down. Some songs like "Kaleidoscope" and "Woe" are even harder than Sound The Alarm. The album finishes with "Turning Over in My Tomb" which completes the theme Saves the Day set out to create. It almost feels like it could be the second half of "Under the Boards".
This really is a great album, and the atmosphere that permeates throughout is exemplified by the album art. Taking a drive at night is perfectly complemented by a listen of Under the Boards. Almost any fan can find a song to like on this album, as the songs are varied and distinct; this isn't an album you play, and later you realize that the song you were listening to was over ten minutes ago.
Under the Boards Poster
2007 album from the Punk/Pop stalwarts, the second installment of a three-album trilogy that started with 2005's Sound The Alarm. Recorded, mixed, and produced in the band's own Electric Ladybug Studios in Chico, CA, the band did a lot of the work themselves. They did enlist the help of producer friends Eric Stenman and Marc Hudson. Whoever did what in the studio, the band has created their most brilliant record to date. It's filled with that Saves The Day goodness: catchy hooks, Pop supremacy, and lots of different, new twists and turns. The band plans on another new studio album in Spring of 2008. That one will complete the trilogy. And, of course, the band plans on touring. They also have some other tricks up their collective sleeves that will leave fans happy. But you'll have to wait for those details. Vagrant.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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