''We, the Vehicles'' is the second album by
Maritime
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. It is the band's final album with the bass guitarist Eric Axelson.
Background
''We, the Vehicles'' was recorded at Bionic Studios and Polish Moon with Kristian Riley and the band acting as producers and engineers. Riley mixed the recordings, before they were mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side.
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Release
On February 10, 2006, bassist Eric Axelson left the band; he was replaced by Decibully
Decibully was an indie rock band based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin that formed in 2001 and played their final show early in 2011.
History
Since 1992, vocalist and guitarist William Seidel and guitarist Ryan Weber had been playing in the same band ...
member Justin Flug. They went on a two-week tour in March 2004, prior to the release of ''We, the Vehicles'' on April 4, 2006. It was subsequently made available for streaming through AOL Music
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two weeks later. In September 2006, the band went on a tour of the US. They closed out the year touring the US East Coast, and playing a hometown show on New Years Eve.
Reception
''We, the Vehicles'' was met with generally favourable from music critics
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. At Metacritic
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average
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score of 80, based on 12 reviews.[
Of the album, Brian Howe of '']Pitchfork
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'' said that it "not only exceeds its predecessor 'Glass Floor'' but serves as a corrective to every one of its deficiencies."[
Punknews.org ranked the album at number six on their list of the year's 20 best releases.]
Track listing
Track listing per booklet. All recordings produced by Kristian Riley and Maritime.[
# "Calm" – 3:23
# "Tearing Up the Oxygen" – 3:57
# "People, the Vehicles" – 3:41
# "Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts" – 3:27
# "We Don't Think, We Know" – 2:22
# "No One Will Remember You Tonight" – 2:46
# "Young Alumni" – 3:39
# "Don't Say You Don't" – 3:34
# "German Engineering" – 3:59
# "Twins" – 2:21
# "Protein and Poison" – 2:51
*Vinyl LP bonus tracks
# "Before You Were Born" (Side A)
# "Call Me Home" (Side B)
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Personnel
Personnel per booklet.
References
External links
''We, the Vehicles''
at YouTube
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(streamed copy where licensed)
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Maritime (band) albums
2006 albums