Lemuria - The Distance Is So Big (2013) {Bridge Nine Records B9R190}
Lemuria - The Distance Is So Big (2013) {Bridge Nine Records B9R190}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 270 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 91 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 113 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2013 Bridge Nine Records | B9R190
Rock / Indie Rock / Indie Pop / Pop Punk
Lemuria might not sound like they are from Buffalo, NY, but the band was proudly birthed there, following the legacy of an oddly eclectic, if not eccentric, music scene. When you loosen your ears to the sugary indie-pop, you'll discover discordant notes, odd time signatures, and brutal riffs creating menacing yet catchy music.
Their most mature and best effort to date, The Distance Is So Big was recorded at the Magpie Cage with J Robbins (Against Me!, Jawbreaker, The Promise Ring) earlier this year.
Lemuria - The Distance Is So Big (2013) {Bridge Nine Records B9R190}
Whether it’s uppers or antidepressants, it seems that something has lifted the spirits of Lemuria in the two-year interlude since their last full length. Things aren’t always rosier or quick-tempoed on The Distance Is So Big, but on their third LP, the Buffalo-based trio seems content to cling to one of those poles.
After getting the forboding haze of voices on “Michael and Stephen Moon” out of the way, Sheena Ozzella and Alex Kearns (who handle guitar and drums respectively, each contributing vocals) settle into the well-worn Lay-Z-Boy of “Brilliant Dancer.” On Get Better and Pebble, the duo, aided by a rotating cast of bass players, crafted largely midtempo post-hardcore jams like a saccharine Jawbox, which is perhaps no coincidence given that their last two records were recorded at J. Robbins’s studio in Baltimore. By that token, the lilt that “Brilliant Dancer” hints at in its opening moments is familiar territory for the band. But in addition to – or perhaps because of – the optimism smeared across The Distance Is Big, “Brilliant Dancer” flicks through a couple of different channels of pop-punk history and chorus-worthy vocal melodies, before finally settling on a “I Wanna Be Yr Dog” piano plink and an Ozzella vocal way goddamn happier than anything Iggy might have ever snarled out.
It’s engaging stuff, and surprisingly so, considering the well-trod intersection between labyrinthine post-hardcore and smirking strains of indie pop, but it’s unfortunately not something that Lemuria can sustain over the course of the record. The title-dropping “Oahu, Hawaii” proves a similarly shapeshifting highlight, but there are times when the smiles can feel a bit too forced. While the best moments on The Distance Is So Big have hooks to spare, “Scienceless” and “Public Opinion Bath” could’ve used at least one. It’s just hard to maintain that kind of optimism over the course of a whole record.
Lemuria - The Distance Is So Big (2013) {Bridge Nine Records B9R190}
Lemuria is:
Alex Kerns - drums, vocals
Sheena Ozzella - guitar, vocals
Max Gregor - bass, background vocals, samples
Tracklist:
1 Michael And Stephen Moon
2 Brilliant Dancer
3 Clay Baby
4 Scienceless
5 Paint The Youth
6 Dream Eater
7 Oahu, Hawaii
8 Chihuly
9 Bluffing Statistics
10 Public Opinion Bath
11 Congratulations Sex
12 Survivor's Guilt
13 Ruby
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 14. February 2015, 19:42
Lemuria / The Distance Is So Big
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==== Log checksum F83D358271C2456FD69434080CAA9991E82FEEA1DDE4DF1513C05D36A7B8ADFA ====
EAC extraction logfile from 14. February 2015, 19:42
Lemuria / The Distance Is So Big
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD+-RW GT80N Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 0:46.41 | 0 | 3490
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Lemuria - The Distance Is So Big (2013) {Bridge Nine Records B9R190}
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