Label: Rack and Ruin Records
Cat#: RRR 157
Format: MP3 320 kbps, LP
Release Date: 29 Nov 2009
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Indie Rock, Acoustic, Pop
Woodland Heights' sophomore LP has gone through many changes: once planned to be a straight electro-pop record, it evolved into a mostly acoustic affair drenched in meditations on death after a potentially fatal car accident frontman Evan Benoit was involved in [which sent two of his friends to the hospital (everyone ended up being fine, thank goodness!]). But what ended up transpiring lies in these 10 tracks - a mix of synths, acoustic guitars, atmospheric noise and electric rhythms that flourish and grow throughout the length of Famous Last Words.
Famous Last Words is a mediation on control. From the fuck-it-all one-take track "I Remember" to the ramshackle wholly improvised closer "First Time in a Long Time", Benoit finds himself loosening vocal control and letting whatever leaves his mouth come out and stay out. On the other end of the spectrum lay catchy pop songs like "Perfect Strangers" and "Votive" which showcase tighter rhythm and vocal performances from Benoit.
And keep a lookout in the new year because Woodland Heights has several big things in the pipe-line including a music video, a Famous Last Words appendix EP and an experimental concept album based on a nuclear holocaust entitled World War Whatever.
Tracklisting:
1. Deep Breaths (1:59)
2. 2009 (2:59)
3. I Remember (2:30)
4. Darling (2:56)
5. Blue Hues (2:45)
6. Perfect Strangers (2:41)
7. Disease (3:44)
8. Votive (2:59)
9. Hey (Come Over Here) (3:43)
10. First Time in a Long Time (3:15)
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