''Get Warmer'' is the fourth full-length album by
DIY
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collective
Bomb the Music Industry!
Bomb the Music Industry! (commonly abbreviated as Bomb or BtMI!) were an American punk rock musical collective from Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, United States, led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Rosenstock.
...
.
Recording and composition
Originally, the band were going to follow up 2006’s ''
Goodbye Cool World!'' with an EP entitled ''No No New York''. This concept was abandoned in favor of recording this album. A song from the abandoned EP, entitled "The Soul Crushing Northeast" can be hear
here This was the first BtMI! album to feature a live band, which was made up of over 20 different musicians.
The title track makes references to both
Tom Waits
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and the
Wham!
Wham! (briefly known in the US as Wham! U.K.) were an English pop duo formed in Bushey in 1981. The duo consisted of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. They became one of the most commercially successful pop acts of the 1980s, selling mor ...
single "
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
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". "No Rest For the Whiny" was previously titled "Screamin’ for a Wage (a.k.a. 2006 World Series of Craig’s List Failure)". Unlike previous Bomb the Music Industry! albums, ''Get Warmer'' uses phone messages as samples in between songs rather than quotes from movies and TV shows.
Release
On July 31, 2007, ''Get Warmer'' was released as a free download from
Quote Unquote Records
Quote Unquote Records is a donation-based online independent record label, founded and run by Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches frontman Jeff Rosenstock. The label is an example of Rosenstock's DIY ideals. Many of th ...
' website. It was released on CD and vinyl through Asian Man on August 7. It was promoted with a cross-country US tour in September and October 2007, including an appearance at
The Fest
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. They closed out the year with three shows supporting
Anti-Flag. In February and March 2008, the band toured with Rosenstock's sideproject Pegasuses XL, and then embarked on an April 2008 tour with
the Slackers
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. In May and June 2008, the band toured the US as part of the Asian Man Records Tour with various labelmates.
Track listing
#"Jobs Schmobs" – 1:58
#"493 Ruth" – 2:44
#"Bike Test 1 2 3" – 2:37
#"Unlimited Breadsticks, Soup and Salad Days" – 2:32
#"No Rest for the Whiny" – 3:26
#"25 Hour Goddamn Telethon" – 2:20
#"Depression is No Fun" – 2:49
#"I Don’t Love You Anymore" – 4:42
#"Pizza Claus is Comin’ to Town" – 3:11
#"Never Trust a Man Without a Horribly Embarrassing Secret" – 3:55
#"Get Warmer" – 6:50
#"The Last Party (Foul)" – 1:17
Personnel
*Jace Bartet – fuzz bass, vocals (track 2)
*Chuck Bradburn – string bass (track 11)
*Jason Calhoun – violin (track 11)
*Neil Callaghan – Farfisa organ (track 9)
*Michael Clancy – vocals (track 8)
*Al Daglis – vocals (track 2), saxophone (track 5)
*Ben Duncan – vocals (track 4)
*Luke Fields – baritone guitar (tracks 1, 2, 7, 11), banjo (track 4), countdown (track 6), vocals (tracks 8, 11)
*Joel Hastat – giant drum (tracks 1, 11), vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8)
*Rick Johnson – bass (all tracks except 2 and 12)
*Matt Kurz – vocals (track 1), lead guitar (track 2)
*Christine Mackie – vocals (track 4)
*Sean McCabe – trombone (all tracks except 3, 4, 9, 10, 12), mandolin (track 4)
*Lolo Myers – vocals (track 1), cello (track 11)
*Sam Paulsen – countdown (track 6), vocals (track 8, 11)
*Andy Pruett – trumpet (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8)
*Jeff Rosenstock – guitar (all tracks), vocals (all tracks), bells (tracks 1, 3, 4), synthesizer (all tracks except 2, 4, 5, 12), saxophone (all tracks except 3, 4, 9, 10, 12), key bass (track 2), organ (tracks 2, 5-8), claps (track 2), piano (tracks 4, 7, 8, 11), ukulele (track 9)
*Brady Smith – drums (all tracks), sleigh bells (track 4)
*Scott Smith – cardboard box full of keys, double drum (track 1)
*Cara Beth Satalito – vocals (tracks 8, 10)
*Rob Thomason – whistle (track 8)
*Jeff Tobias – vocals (tracks 2, 6-8), claps (track 2)
References
External links
''Get Warmer'' on Quote Unquote Records
Bomb the Music Industry! albums
2007 albums
Albums free for download by copyright owner
Asian Man Records albums
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