Get Out Alive: The Last Type Story
| Get Out Alive: The Last Type Story | ||||
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| Released | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 39:11 | |||
| Label | Scat Records SCAT 57[1] | |||
| Producer | Speaking Canaries | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Uncut |  [3] |
Get Out Alive: The Last Type Story is the fourth album from The Speaking Canaries, a Pittsburgh-based indie rock band.[4]
Critical reception[edit]
Reviewing the long version, Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that [Damon] Che's "guitar playing [is] the protagonist in this particular tale, employing everything from chaotic six-string torture, to hacking and jittery math-rock, and all the way to pinch harmonics and back again, almost to the point of note-per-minute showoffery."[5] Rolling Stone praised the "napalm riffing and glass-spear harmonics that tell you exactly what Husker Du would have sounded like with Eddie Van Halen and J Mascis on four-handed guitar."[6]
Track listing[edit]
- "I Wear Glasses in the Most Brutal Sport Ever Invented" - 2:55
- "Menopause Diaries" - 4:47
- "Last Type" - 4:29
- "Coffin Jitters" - 3:29
- "Last Side of Town part 2" - 6:04
- "Life Like Homes" - 8:23
- "Song on a Record You Can't Get" - 4:52
- "Theme from Hospital Comedian" - 4:08
Personnel[edit]
- The Speaking Canaries:
- Damon Che - Guitars, vocals, drums, bass, percussion, glockenspiel, recording engineer
- Noah Leger - drums on half (lower in the mix will be a sure indication. Liner notes are incorrect).
- Jon Purse - Bass on two songs
- Ingrid - vocals on "Life Like Homes"
- Al Sutton - Recording engineer, mixing engineer
- Robert Ebeling - Mixing engineer
- Todd Doehering - Recording engineer, mixing engineer
Get Out Alive: The Long Version[edit]
An alternate, longer version (76:02) of Get Out Alive was released by Scat Records on CD-R at the same time as the regular version.[6] Get Out Alive: The Long Version features extended versions of "Last Side of Town", "Last Type" and "Coffin Jitters" and adds the song "Stuffed With Fear".
References[edit]
- ^ "The complete official discography of Scat Records 1989-present". Scat Records official label site.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "The Speaking Canaries - Get Out Alive: The Last Type Story". March 1, 2004.
- ^ Oswald, Josh. "Let's remember The Speaking Canaries". Pittsburgh City Paper.
- ^ "DeLorean The Speaking Canaries "Get Out Alive The Long Version" (2003)".
- ^ a b Fricke, David (December 23, 2003). "Ten CDs From Under the Radar". Rolling Stone.
