Informations
47 E. Mohawk Street,Buffalo
Saturday 26 November 2011, 20h00 till Saturday 26 November 2011, 23h00
Organized by : Mohawk Place
Description
With special show opener Matt Smith and His Guitar.Kind words for "Songs of Guilt & Revenge"
"Brash, melodic and eminently tuneful."
-Jeff Miers, The Buffalo News
"The raw, British invasion-esque garage rock Songs of Guilt and Revenge, one of the best local releases of the year."
-Mac McGuire, Buffablog
"The album title (and overall energy level) recalls early Elvis Costello, but the spirits of late-'60s Stones, Gram Parsons, and the various 'Nuggets' compilations all crash the party, too."
-Ron Ehmke, Buffalo Spree
About The Backpeddlers
For over a decade, Mark Norris fronted the powerpop outfit girlpope. Hailed as one of Buffalo's best live acts for its breakneck, sweat-soaked performances, the band eventually went its separate ways after several critically hailed recordings and a few dalliances with the major labels.
Forming the Backpeddlers in 2005, Norris was looking for a new approach. After a few key shows opening for the likes of Steve Wynn, The Pernice Brothers, and Elvis Costello, the band released its debut CD, "Stranded Between Stations," in 2007. Filled with stark, quiet ruminations, the disc was a step away from girlpope's bombastic, uptempo songs. The disc was described by the Buffalo News as “The Basement Tapes recorded with Ray Davies instead of Bob Dylan.”
After the disc's release, Norris put music aside to concentrate on raising a family. As the old saying goes "When the baby carriage is in the hallway, inspiration is out the window." Only a few years after releasing its debut, the Backpeddlers was largely on hiatus.
Held in the summer and fall of 2010, the recording sessions for "Songs of Guilt & Revenge" were drenched in catharsis. Forgoing the moody quiet of the band's previous efforts, the Backpeddlers focused on making music that sounded raw, live, and loud. Attention was paid to the details, but the details were the small mistakes and flaws that are normally wiped from the finished tracks. Instead, the band harvested the flubs and wild notes and featured them as key components of each song. Alex Chilton's "Like Flies on Sherbet" was a key inspiration.
The sessions went by quickly, with the band performing well and getting along perfectly. Still, a lot of pain and remorse was being wrung out of the room by the end of the night.
One listen to Songs of Guilt & Revenge doesn't convey all of this backstory, of course. On its own, the album is a celebration of American music songs forms: From garage rock ravers to imagined dance crazes and from country tear-jerkers to mod-action packed blazers, the album covers a lot of ground in just over a half hour.
About Matt Smith
Along with being one of Buffalo's most-beloved guitar players, Matt Smith is one hell of recording engineer. Smith's HiLo studios is responsible for much of the new recordings emanating from the Queen City, including "Songs of Guilt and Revenge."
Smith's own songs run the gamut from swaggering trash rock to shimmering power pop, all accompanied by his low-slung Fender Telecaster.
Matt's solo performances are rare and always special occasions.