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Seattle's sweetest flowers strike gold on Amazing
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By Brian A. Gnatt
Daily Music Editor
if the third time is the charm, then the fourth has got to be
the gold. Seattle's Posies, the city-of-grunge's sweetest
smelling flower, are set to release their fourth LP, "Amazing
Disgrace" (**** /DGC)on May 14. Capturing the band's
effervescent live energy and their hardest hitting songs yet,
"Amazing Disgrace" is the Posies' most adventurous and
exciting record to date.
Following up the pop-kings' 1993 release, "Frosting On
the Beater," which produced the hit "Dream All Day,"
"Amazing Disgrace" shines with the band's rich Beatle-
esque harmonies, but doesn't get bogged down with the
softer, syrupy-sweet melodies that slowed their previous
records.
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we've been at the time."
Founding members Auer and Ken Stringfellow (vocals,,
guitar), who met when was Jon was 13 years old and Ken was
14 years old, have been the only two consistent members of
the Posies. This incarnation of the band features Joe Bass on
bass and Brian Young on drums.
"You've got to understand-- we're two boys who grew up
together, and popped a lot of the same things from the same
records, and read a lot of the same books and watched a lot
of the same movies, so it's like we're like two sides of the
same coin," said 26-year-old Auer. "We've simultaneousl
come up with songs that have almost identical titles and ar
about the same things from opposite perspectives."
Filled with numerous great tracks like the classic-Posies
"Throwaway," "Fight It (If You Want)"
and "Precious Moments," the album is
thoroughly enjoyable. "Grant Hart," a
hard-rocking tribute to Husker Du, and
shines "Hate Song," which features Robin
Zander and Rick Neilsen of Cheap Trick,
and'sboth make thrilling editions to "Amaz-
ing Disgrace."
e-eSque Auer said "Daily Mutaliation" is
metaphor for psychological abuse, any
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I'm really happy with it. I think it's
really diverse." vocalist / guitarist Jon
Auer told The Michigan Daily in a
recent phone interview from Bristol,
England. "It's the first time we actually
had a whole band playing all at once on
it. It wasn't like an overdub freakout
session.
While Auer said the album took more
than three years to complete due to
membership changes, vacationing and
therapy, the Posies have returned with
"Amazing
D isgrce"
with the b
rich Beati
harmonies
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a record of potent songwriting and beautiful melodies that
were well worth the wait.
Most of all "Amazing Disgrace" rocks. Songs like the
album's opener, "Daily Mutilation," push the boundaries of
the band's music while others like "Precious Moments" and
"Ontario" stay true to the band's much loved style.
"It's a record of contrast," Auer said. "It's got a lot of stuff
that's heavy, and stuff that's pretty and a little softer. It's the
first time I think we've effectively captured some balls on
record.
"People always used to come to our live shows and say we
sound more like the Buzzcocks, verses the Hollies, which we
used to always get (from people who had heard our records).
That was a big frustrating point for us for a long time. I think
a lot of people are surprised (the album) is as aggressive as
it is. but every record we've made is just a statement of where
left the band at the end of the "Frosting,
On the Beater" tour. "Everybody Is A
Fucking Liar" deals with the hypocrisy of religion, specifi
cally right-winged Christianity. The album's first single is
the driving track "Please Return It."
Despite the quality of the record, Auer is cautious to
predict whether it will take off and be the band's big break
into the mainstream.
"At this point I'll just say I give it my all," he sai4
"Everyday I work, everyday I play and try to have fun and do
everything I can to push it. ... I would very much like to be
more successful, I don't think for the wrong reasons, but just
that I've been doing this for seven or eight years, and it's still
a struggle to pay all the bills and keep the band afloat. It just
seems we at least deserve to be able to buy a house some day,
and we're just not going to stop working. If it doesn't happen,
then we'll probably make one more, and if that doesn't do it,
I think we'll probably call it a day."
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