Half Dead and Dynamite

Infobox Album
Name = Half Dead and Dynamite
Type = studio
Artist = Lifter Puller


Background =
Released = start date|1997|10|21
Recorded = Summer 1997
Genre = Post-punk
Length = 38:10
Label = No Alternative
Producer = Mike Wisti
Reviews =
* Pitchforkmedia (8.0/10.0) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19394-half-dead-and-dynamite link]
Last album = "Lifter Puller"
(1997)
This album = "Half Dead and Dynamite"
(1997)
Next album = "The Entertainment and Arts" EP
(1998)

"Half Dead and Dynamite" is the second LP released by the Minnesota indie rock band Lifter Puller. As with its self-titled predecessor, songs are balanced between personal and strictly narrative. Some of the songs ("To Live and Die in LBI" and "I Like the Lights" for instance) delve into the Lifter Puller Folklore that the band's lyrics intermittently explore. Meanwhile, songs like "Nassau Coliseum" seem to operate in a more, if not personal, more independently narrative vein, as with "Rental" from the first LP. At 9 minutes shorter than the s/t LP, "Half Dead..." is also a more concise statement. Musically, the template doesn't vary significantly from its predecessor, Finn still sings with more deliberate melody and most of the band's initial dynamics and songwriting approach (noirish indie-pop) are still in place.

Track listing

#"To Live and Die in LBI" – 3:13
#"I Like the Lights" – 3:33
#"Sherman City" – 3:31
#"Naussau Coliseum" – 6:13
#"Kool NYC" – 1:42
#"Half Dead and Dynamite" – 3:21
#"The Bears" – 1:55
#"Hardware" – 2:24
#"The Gin and the Sour Defeat" – 3:51
#"Viceburgh" – 6:04
#"Rock for Lite Brite" – 2:23

References

* [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/lftrpllr/disco.html Lifter Puller/Hold Steady discography]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050204161220/www.lifterpuller.com/lp.html Archive of the official Lifter Puller discography]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19394/Lifter_Puller_Half_Dead_and_Dynamite Pitchfork review]