It Was High Time to Escape

It Was High Time to Escape Artist: 31Knots
Label: 54-40 Or Fight
Category: Music


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


UPC: 725274001927
EAN: 0725274001927
ASIN: B0000C0FKF


Release Date: 2003-09-02

It Was High Time to Escape


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Tracks:

  1. Half Life in Two Movements
  2. Darling, I
  3. Gospel According to Efficiency
  4. No Sound
  5. We Still Have Legs
  6. Without Wine
  7. That Which Has No Name
  8. At Peace
  9. Played out for Punchlines
  10. Matters from Ashes

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I can only agree.......2004-05-02

I'm going to try to avoid saying what has already been said...
I first experienced 31 Knots live, at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago. They were on the bill with a few other math rock/indie bands (namely Haymarket Riot), and I had never heard of them before. They took the stage, and with the first song, I was blown away. The musicianship was incredible, and the songs were simultaneously catchy, complex, and thrilling. Not only are these guys exceptional musicians, but they are creating (in my opinion) the most unique, and perhaps the best music in the Indie scene today. And yes, every song on the album is very, very good (my personal favorite being "We Still Have Legs"). With reviews as glowing as these, give it shot, eh?

5 out of 5 stars YES meets Red Hot Chili Peppers.......2003-10-14

But it is an original sound. Love it! Track nine blew me away "Played Out For Punchlines". So many different things happening on this album - can't wait for more, getting their older stuff as soon as I am done with this review.

5 out of 5 stars A giant leap forward.......2003-09-16

Search the internet for reviews of this album and you'll have a very difficult time finding an unfavorable one. That's because 31 Knots have made the album fans always hoped they'd make - a tight, clean, passionate set of songs that veer in ten different directions at once without ever losing focus. These songs are tight the way a great short story is tight. Lyrically and vocally, Joe Haege has taken huge steps forward. The singing on It Was High Time to Escape no longer has to be explained as an acquired taste, and the lyrics are dense and twisted but in no way nonsensical.
The musicianship is superb. No surprise there, but 31 Knots have also learned when the simple, non-showy melodies will hit the hardest. This album is just that - an album, a cohesive statement. This is one of those records that take multiple listens to understand fully. Surprises and subtleties reveal themselves slowly, but the hooks and passion are instantly recognizable. Fans of rock music should consider this an essential buy.

Music Album:

  1. Stampede/Monkey's Breath ~ The Meteors
  2. After the War ~ Sleep Station
  3. Loss ~ Mull Historical Society
  4. Colour by Numbers ~ Culture Club
  5. Outcast of the Islands ~ Colin Bass
  6. Fireproof ~ Pillar
  7. Winning Days, Pt. 1 ~ The Vines
  8. Songs About You ~ Language of Flowers
  9. Kiss It Goodbye ~ Chris Mills
  10. Live ~ Xavier Naidoo

Music Album

Music Album

Music CD

Pleasure Seeker ~ Paul Taylor

At the Moment ~ Kim Pensyl

Cooking at the Jazz Bakery ~ Jan Lundgren Trio

The Night of the Cookers: Live at Club La Marchal, Vol. 2 ~ Freddie Hubbard

The Irrepressible Lena Horne ~ Lena Horne

National Anthems of the World

Le Jour de Clarte ~ Graeme Allwright

Afrika Underground ~ Various Artists

Festche II: O Maior Espetaculo da Musica, Vol. 1 ~ Various Artists

Canto a Mi Tierra ~ Felipe Labrada, Sonora Santaiago