This Harness Can't Ride Anything

This is the second record for Chicago act CHIN UP CHIN UP now signed to the tastemaker SUICIDE SQUEEZE label, Their memorable introduction was 2004's critically acclaimed 'We Should Have Never Lived Like Skyscrapers', Tragically, their original bassist was struck by a car and killed before the album was finished, so the band pieced together his bass parts from demos to complete the album. 'This Harness Can't Ride Anything' is a transitional record both metaphorically and literally: the lyrics are less obtuse, the arrangements more inventive and more realized than the debut, Recorded by BRIAN DECK (MODEST MOUSE) at his Engine Studios, the tracks are a joyful mix of shifting dynamics, stuttering riffs, and buoyant arrangements.

Tracks

1~1~This Harness Can't Ride Anything
1~2~Water Planes In Snow
1~3~We've Got To Keep Running
1~4~Islands Sink
1~5~Mansioned
1~6~I Need A Friend With A Boat
1~7~Blankets Like Beavers
1~8~Landlocked Lifeguards
1~9~Stolen Mountains
1~10~Trophies For Hire

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Chin Up Chin Up
Release Date: 20 November 2006
Genre: Alternative
Label: Suicide Squeeze Records
Distributor: Rocket Group