LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES
''DERECONSTRUCTED''
MAY 27 2014
35:46
1 - The Company Man 3:18
2 - Dereconstructed 2:30
3 - Burnpiles, Swimming Holes 2:37
4 - The Kudzu And The Concrete 3:31
5 - The Weeds Downtown 4:13
6 - What's Good And Gone 4:25
7 - We Dare Defend Our Rights 3:07
8 - Flags! 2:22
9 - Mississippi Bottomland 4:43
10 - Dirt Track 4:47
All Tracks by Lee Bains III
Lee Bains III /Composer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals
Matt Patton /Bass, Vocals (Background)
Eric Wallace /Guitar
Adam Williamson /Bass, Vocals (Background)
Blake Williamson /Drums, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
REVIEW
Mark Deming
Some musicians are fine with hitting a comfortable middle ground, and others have to push things to the edges, demanding all or nothing. Lee Bains III is clearly the kind of guy who wants to go hard or go home, and after the slightly too polite tone of his first album with the Glory Fires, 2012's There Is a Bomb in Gilead, he's chosen to put the pedal to the metal with his sophomore effort, 2014's Dereconstructed. Bains clearly wanted this album to rawk, and that's just what it does -- the guitars from Bains and Eric Wallace bark and wail at every turn, and the rhythm section of bassist Adam Williamson and drummer Blake Williamson (who play tight enough that it makes perfect sense that they're brothers) drives these tunes like a big block Hemi in fifth gear. Dereconstructed has all the sweat and swagger you could hope for, and the tunes are full-on hot-rodded Southern rock, melodic but full of scrappy fire and fist-pumping force. But while Dereconstructed rocks hard, it ultimately hits a little too hard in the wrong ways. Producer Tim Kerr has overdriven the guitars far enough into the red zone that they sound like a fuzzy and distorted mess after a while, while the mix by Bains and Jeremy Ferguson pushes those guitars so far to the front that Bains' vocals are barely audible (and given his strength as a lyricist, that's a truly lamentable choice). Dereconstructed works despite the audio -- Bains and the Glory Fires are clearly a first-class rock band that can deliver the goods, and these tracks capture them in raucous form, while the songs are even stronger than the very fine material on their debut. But while Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires may be a great rock & roll band, they haven't quite cracked the code on making a great album, at least in terms of audio, and Dereconstructed manages to be impressive, encouraging, and frustrating at the same time.
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OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
By Jonathan Poneman
What awaits you when the needle drops on Dereconstructed, the new album by Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires? Nothing less than pure fucking heaven, that’s what.
Consider the record’s opener, “The Company Man.” It revs up with a riff sleazy enough to clog Rod Stewart’s stomach pump as an incantation that only a Yellowhammer can truly understand is bellowed and then screamed. Before you know it, the joint is hotter than a Birmingham soaking pit while you, the listener, are reminded, lest you forget, don’t ever trust the company man.
No shit.
Dereconstructed is a careening, road raging, all night party of a record. Informed by a distinctly southern hoodoo, it is a master class in authentic Gulf Coast choogle. Having cut his teeth in the Dexateens, Lee Bains lll has been properly schooled in how to throw down, so much so that even his hyper literate musings are no match for the blown out distortion that gives this record its blistering urgency.
Songs like “The Kudzu and the Concrete,” “Dirt Track” and the roaring, blissfully shambolic title track could be anthems looking for a stadium, but they’re also reminders as to why Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires are such a formidable party machine. If your hometown is graced with a scuzzy dive and a few warm bodies to populate it, you’d best believe that the Glory Fires have been there, or are on their way back.
Dereconstructed is Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires’ debut for Sub Pop Records. It is preceded by the band’s actual debut, There Is a Bomb in Gilead, on Alive Natural-Sound Records (2012).
Dereconstructed was produced by Tim Kerr, and engineered by Jeremy Ferguson at Battle Tapes, Nashville, TN.
Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires will be featured performers at the 14th annual NONCOMMvention, hosted by WXPN in Philadelphia, PA, May 14 – 16, 2014. This performance will be followed by extensive touring, radio sessions, and in-stores throughout North America. A late-summer European tour will be announced shortly.
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires are:
Lee Bains lll: Guitar and Vox
Eric Wallace: Guitar
Adam Williamson: Bass
Blake Williamson: Drums
The band resides in Atlanta, GA and Birmingham, AL.
OFFICIAL SITE
''DERECONSTRUCTED''
MAY 27 2014
35:46
1 - The Company Man 3:18
2 - Dereconstructed 2:30
3 - Burnpiles, Swimming Holes 2:37
4 - The Kudzu And The Concrete 3:31
5 - The Weeds Downtown 4:13
6 - What's Good And Gone 4:25
7 - We Dare Defend Our Rights 3:07
8 - Flags! 2:22
9 - Mississippi Bottomland 4:43
10 - Dirt Track 4:47
All Tracks by Lee Bains III
Lee Bains III /Composer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals
Matt Patton /Bass, Vocals (Background)
Eric Wallace /Guitar
Adam Williamson /Bass, Vocals (Background)
Blake Williamson /Drums, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
REVIEW
Mark Deming
Some musicians are fine with hitting a comfortable middle ground, and others have to push things to the edges, demanding all or nothing. Lee Bains III is clearly the kind of guy who wants to go hard or go home, and after the slightly too polite tone of his first album with the Glory Fires, 2012's There Is a Bomb in Gilead, he's chosen to put the pedal to the metal with his sophomore effort, 2014's Dereconstructed. Bains clearly wanted this album to rawk, and that's just what it does -- the guitars from Bains and Eric Wallace bark and wail at every turn, and the rhythm section of bassist Adam Williamson and drummer Blake Williamson (who play tight enough that it makes perfect sense that they're brothers) drives these tunes like a big block Hemi in fifth gear. Dereconstructed has all the sweat and swagger you could hope for, and the tunes are full-on hot-rodded Southern rock, melodic but full of scrappy fire and fist-pumping force. But while Dereconstructed rocks hard, it ultimately hits a little too hard in the wrong ways. Producer Tim Kerr has overdriven the guitars far enough into the red zone that they sound like a fuzzy and distorted mess after a while, while the mix by Bains and Jeremy Ferguson pushes those guitars so far to the front that Bains' vocals are barely audible (and given his strength as a lyricist, that's a truly lamentable choice). Dereconstructed works despite the audio -- Bains and the Glory Fires are clearly a first-class rock band that can deliver the goods, and these tracks capture them in raucous form, while the songs are even stronger than the very fine material on their debut. But while Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires may be a great rock & roll band, they haven't quite cracked the code on making a great album, at least in terms of audio, and Dereconstructed manages to be impressive, encouraging, and frustrating at the same time.
------------------------------
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
By Jonathan Poneman
What awaits you when the needle drops on Dereconstructed, the new album by Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires? Nothing less than pure fucking heaven, that’s what.
Consider the record’s opener, “The Company Man.” It revs up with a riff sleazy enough to clog Rod Stewart’s stomach pump as an incantation that only a Yellowhammer can truly understand is bellowed and then screamed. Before you know it, the joint is hotter than a Birmingham soaking pit while you, the listener, are reminded, lest you forget, don’t ever trust the company man.
No shit.
Dereconstructed is a careening, road raging, all night party of a record. Informed by a distinctly southern hoodoo, it is a master class in authentic Gulf Coast choogle. Having cut his teeth in the Dexateens, Lee Bains lll has been properly schooled in how to throw down, so much so that even his hyper literate musings are no match for the blown out distortion that gives this record its blistering urgency.
Songs like “The Kudzu and the Concrete,” “Dirt Track” and the roaring, blissfully shambolic title track could be anthems looking for a stadium, but they’re also reminders as to why Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires are such a formidable party machine. If your hometown is graced with a scuzzy dive and a few warm bodies to populate it, you’d best believe that the Glory Fires have been there, or are on their way back.
Dereconstructed is Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires’ debut for Sub Pop Records. It is preceded by the band’s actual debut, There Is a Bomb in Gilead, on Alive Natural-Sound Records (2012).
Dereconstructed was produced by Tim Kerr, and engineered by Jeremy Ferguson at Battle Tapes, Nashville, TN.
Lee Bains lll & the Glory Fires will be featured performers at the 14th annual NONCOMMvention, hosted by WXPN in Philadelphia, PA, May 14 – 16, 2014. This performance will be followed by extensive touring, radio sessions, and in-stores throughout North America. A late-summer European tour will be announced shortly.
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires are:
Lee Bains lll: Guitar and Vox
Eric Wallace: Guitar
Adam Williamson: Bass
Blake Williamson: Drums
The band resides in Atlanta, GA and Birmingham, AL.
OFFICIAL SITE
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