Always Like This

Always Like This Artist: Rooftop Suicide Club
Label: Stop Pop & Roll
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 616892651727
EAN: 0616892651727
ASIN: B000A8AXAY


Release Date: 2005-08-23

Always Like This


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Tracks:

  1. The Bones That Keep Me Alive
  2. Plea For My Life
  3. Our Ride
  4. Indie Girl
  5. Too Old
  6. Want to Go
  7. Radio
  8. More Like You
  9. Arizona
  10. Gold Rush
  11. I Could Die in Your Arms
  12. If I Could Tell the Truth
  13. Floating Away

Album Description

Always Like This, the debut album from Rooftop Suicide Club, is an emotionally-charged manifesto from four unlikely lads in an industrial town, driven to create beauty out of chaos. Equal parts indie rock and all-out 70's-inspired bombast, the record comes out fighting with "The Bones That Keep Me Alive," but just four songs in the listener is hit with an "are they or aren't they being ironic?" ode to an "Indie Girl," replete with lush strings and a decidedly anti-indie trumpet solo. Rooftop Suicide Club is not afraid to experiment, but they never lose their focus, making Always Like This an album that will have you glued to your earbuds from start to finish.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Fresh Perspective.......2005-10-26

Always Like This is such an unlikely title for a record so rare and distinct from any trends or niches in indie rock these days. From their humble beginnings, RSC has pretty much maintained their own specific sound that is yet to give them the attention they truly deserve. Maybe it's their lack of touring, maybe it's just because people aren't ready for such a mature that can only come with experience.

Each time you listen to these songs you really feel the pain that went into them, and not in any cheesy way either. It's more in the delivery than the message. Haskell has such a powerful presence that you find yourself completely attached. Songs like More Like You and Too Old tell a vivid story of what it's like to feel left behind in life.

I hear different influences each time I listen, and my favorite song is constantly changing, a true sign of a great record. Sometimes I hear Built to Spill, sometimes Big Star, sometimes Hewdwig and the Angry Inch, or the Flaming Lips. The influences are impossible to pigeonhole, and they run the musical spectrum. Sometimes David Bowie, sometimes the Pixies, there is no simple way to describe this band. You might find hints of singer/songwriters like Neil Young or Jackson Browne, or glitter pop kings like Mathew Sweet, or maybe even Brian Wilson. There's even a Fountains of Wayne-esque tongue and cheek poke at scenesters if you're in need of a little saccharin. In any case, Always Like This is a record you'll find yourself humming along to for days after it leaves your iPod.

4 out of 5 stars Rooftop Suicide Club is one of the best bands in Boston.......2005-09-25

This record is so beautiful from start to finish. It's a complete work that hangs togetether, rather than just a collection of songs. Catchy yet other worldly, it reminds me of an "Odysee and Oracle" for the 90's.

Catch these guys live too if you have a chance. One of the best shows I've seen in a long time.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing First Album.......2005-09-19

For a freshman album, this one sounds incredibly mature, considering the band has recently started playing together. "Plea For My Life", "Too Old", "Want To Go", "Radio" and "Floating Away" are not to be missed. This album does not disappoint. Introspective lyrics, soulful voices, intricate solos and melodic harmonies abound. An excellent addition to any music collection. Fans of pop, rock, alternative and indie music will rejoice. This is an amazing first album from a promising band worth watching over the years to come.

5 out of 5 stars If I had to describe this debut in one word..........2005-08-27

it would be LUSH.

The best thing about this album, as a whole, is the fact that the songs work so well together to create an atmosphere - this isn't an album you skip around on, this is a start to finish CD. The near constant vocal harmonies that drive the album harken back to a time when bands could SING, and those vocal lines got stuck in your head for days. The singing is probably the strongest point for these guys.

Individually, songs like "Plea For My Life", "Arizona", "Too Old", and "I Could Die In Your Arms" show a texture that fans of 70's AOR will love, but still sounds incredibly fresh to appeal to the indie/alt-rockers. "Radio" is a personal favorite so far, in it's accurate lyrics and straight out music. Sure, they might wear their influences on their sleeves at times (Neil Young, the Pixies, Wilco, and maybe even a little Queen) but you can't argue that the music from the RSC doesn't flat out rock.

5 out of 5 stars

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