You Can't Take It With You (album)

Infobox Album
Name = You Can't Take It With You
Type = Studio
Artist = As Tall As Lions


Released = 2009
Recorded = 2008
Genre = Indie
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Producer =
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Last album = "Into the Flood" (2007)
This album = "You Can't Take It With You" (2009)
Next album =

"You Can't Take It With You" is the forthcoming third studio album by Long Island band As Tall As Lions.

History

In January of 2008 the band began work on their new record "You Can't Take It With You." As of August 2008, the band had 12 songs written. Fitzgerald says, "We are expanding on the vibe in 'A Break A Pause,' that moody, blues, 60s-70s vibe, very dark, moody R and B, with our own ATAL twist." Adds Nigro, "We all love The Beatles 'White' album and always felt there was an array of influences and sounds on it. Although we all bring individual song ideas to the band, we are by no means would compare our music or our band to The Beatles."

Tavarez continues, "We're so meticulous about what we do. There's this heavy groove of bass and drums. The songs are complete with verse and chorus, but to that degree, our songs are never finite." Nigro offers much of the same, "Everything is always evolving. Sometimes it feels like we write songs to scratch them later on, just to get to the next one. It's a way of finding ourselves. I know we are slow and deliberate with the process. We wouldn't recommend it to anyone, it definitely has its drawbacks, but it's how we get our songs to be the best."

Adds Sarcona, "It's the same bass and drum feel of the self-titled. The song foundations are heavy in accents, beats and grooves. I really think it's our strongest work to date and think that we are building on the heavy rhythm section vibe of our live shows. When Julio and I first started clicking live it was like we knew what we were going to play before we played it."

Bassist Tavarez adds more, "This album has much more individual influences. There's a song that I sing, a song that Saen sings. Whereas on past albums, we all added pieces here and there, this time around, individuals are bringing more complete, stronger ideas to the band."

"We'll all be more excited after the official tracking happens and the songs take on their final personality" adds Sarcona.

Summing it up best, Fitzgerald says, "We love this new album. I could talk for hours about it."

Possible tracks

On September 6, 2008, the members of As Tall As Lions updated their Myspace blog, stating that the album was being recorded and that the likely release date would be in March 2009.

The tracks listed as possibly appearing on the album were as follows:
*"To the Sound"
*"The Sweet Hereafter"
*"Duermete"
*"We's Been Waitin' Too Long"
*"Paris"
*"Sleepyhead"
*"The Narrows"
*"Beautiful in Black and White"

Some of these song titles may only be tentative ones.