Pershing (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Pershing
Type = studio
Artist = Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin


Released = April 8, 2008
Recorded = March 2007 at Fre's loft in Wilmington, N.C. and from August to December 2007 in Springfield, MO
Length = 34:53
Genre = Indie pop
Producer = Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Label = Polyvinyl Records
Reviews = * [http://www.30music.com/ 30Music.com] Rating|8.3|10 [http://www.30music.com/rev.php?rev=2421&mode= link]
*AbsolutePunk.net Rating|9|10 [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=307648 link]
*Pitchfork Rating|6.2|10 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49846-pershing link]
*Spin Rating|3.5|5 [http://spin.com/reviews/someone-still-loves-you-boris-yeltsin-pershing-polyvinyl link]
*XLR8R Rating|8|10 [http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/someone-still-loves-you-boris-ye/pershing link]
*John Calhoun Reviews B-classicon [http://johncalhounreviews.blogspot.com/2008/05/pershing.html]
Last album = "Broom"
(2005)
This album = "Pershing"
(2008)
Next album =

"Pershing" is the second full length studio album from indie pop/rock band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. It was released through Polyvinyl Records on April 8th, 2008. [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/48023-someone-still-loves-you-boris-yeltsin-prep-new-lp "Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Prep New LP"] , Dave Maher, Pitchfork, January 15 2008.] The anticipated followup to the group's acclaimed debut, "Broom", "Pershing" is a Polyvinyl Record Co. featured release. [ [www.polyvinylrecords.com] ]

Background and Production

A pre-order edition of the album featured exclusive original artwork and three additional tracks. The first two are demo acoustic songs: an early draft of "The Beach Song", "I Didn't Mean it"; and "Stain", a full band cover of the Nirvana song. [ [https://www.polyvinylrecords.com/index.asp Polyvinyl] ]

The album's name refers to John J. Pershing Middle School in Springfield, Missouri, which Philip Dickey attended, named for fellow Missourian and American General of the Armies during World War I, John J. Pershing.

The album is dedicated to Alex Bethurem, a Chicago area indie music fan who took his own life. [ [http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/article/9841 University of Chicago's Maroon Magazine article on Alex] ]

Track 10, HEERS, references the [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=19864 Heers Building] , which is located in downtown Springfield and once housed a local department store but has been vacant for decades.

Reception

The album received a great deal of internet buzz, similar to "Broom" and tracks have been favorably reviewed and featured on numerous indie music blogs. [ [http://hypem.com/artist/someone+still+loves+you++boris+yeltsin/ SSLYBY at the Hypemachine] ]

Recorded in Springfield, MO and Wilmington, N.C. in 2007, the album's production is more refined than the lo-fi "Broom", but retains many key qualities such as doubled vocals, moving bass lines, and sparkly clean guitar lines played by both electric and acoustic guitars. One review describes it as "Quirky chord changes amid massive hooks and addictive melodies." [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013PS490 Amazon] ]

Track listing

# Glue Girls - 3:26
# Boring Fountain - 3:44
# Dead Right - 2:21
# The Beach Song - 2:48
# Modern Mystery - 4:20
# Some Constellation - 3:12
# Think I Wanna Die - 2:49
# You Could Write a Book - 3:13
# Oceanographer - 4:45
# HEERS - 3:26
# Doris Tailspin (Boring Mountain) - 0:56

Personnel

The band members are credited as follows.

*John Robert Cardwell-vocals, guitar, bass, trumpet
*Philip Dickey-vocals, guitar, drums, piano
*Jonathan James-drums, bass, guitar, piano, synth
*Will Knauer-guitar

Additional Musicians

*Brian Azevedo-acoustic guitar on Oceanographer
*Molly Healey- strings on Dead Right
*Becky Thomas-hand claps on Dead Right, cowbell on Glue Girls

Production

* Recorded and mixed by SSLYBY in March 2007 at Fre's loft in Wilmington, N.C. and from August to December 2007 in Springfield, MO.
*Engineered by Jonathan James
* Mastered by TW Walsh

References

External links

* [http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/media/prc-151-07.mp3 Official preview of "Think I Wanna Die"] , from Polyvinyl
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2moIna6j80 Making of Video for "Pershing"] made by the band; from Daytrotter