Hendricks, Karl Rock Band / World Says, The
Album: World Says, The   Collection:General
Artist:Hendricks, Karl Rock Band   Added:Aug 2007
Label:Surplus Anxiety Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2007-09-23 Pull Date: 2007-11-25
Week Ending: Oct 28 Oct 7 Sep 30
Airplays: 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 24, 2007: public noize racket
I'm Not Crying, Karl
3. Sep 26, 2007: Twixt Time and Racket
Underdog Park
2. Oct 02, 2007: Time Traveler
Underdog Park
4. Sep 25, 2007: Time Traveler
Banned For Life

Album Review
Red West
Reviewed 2007-08-24
Indie rock with warm sound and bitter soul. Overdriven guitars, human drums and a bass to anchor. Karl was inspired by Husker Du to pick up the guitar in the late 80's and has been playing since, this is veteran old-school. He's taken what he learned from the last record and put it into concise chunks... FCC's where noted.

+1. Mid-fast, loud. Pithy lyrics on life's disappointments, then rock-out instrumental jam in last few minutes. (This and the last track are the discs long ones)
++2.Mid fast, thick and sweet as molasses. Simple, and radio-friendly length.
3.Mid-tempo, a little easier-going, a good wailin gguitar solo at end. FCC warning "F*ed up", "goddamn" in first verse.
+4.Mid-slow. I like the interplay between all the musicians on this one. Laughably sad.
+5.Faster, straight-up rock.
6.Midtempo, starts with a brief solo then quietens, of course getting a bit louder at the end... (how did you feel when your favorite band sold out?)
+7.Midtempo, melodic, loose in the middle, noisy at the end.
+8.Quieter, unlike the rest of the album. Acoustic guitar, piano, and vocals- very wordy- a little electric guitar in the middle. You may like this song but not the rest of the disc, or vice-versa...
+9.The band gets to have fun- long instrumental intro (2.5mins), outro (5 mins). Minor key song, about keeping it together in the face of adversity/obscurity, I think.

(Disclaimer- Karl and I go way back, so I'm a bit biased. It's not my fault I got a housemate who can't help but rock out year after year. And just for this review's on-line version, here's a link to a short story Karl recently published: http://www.newyinzer.com/17.html )

Track Listing
1. I'm Not Crying, Karl   6. The Last Uncompromising Hardcore Band
2. Mediocre Advice   7. Underdog Park
3. Irony Fails Me   8. The World Says
4. Banned For Life   9. California In October
5. The Bleedin' Obvious   .