Friends), Mike D (Everything Cool), and longtime collaborator Casey Bates (the one consistent producer since the first record). In this newfound creative territory, the album that became Woodstock rolled out naturally from there. Now would be another good time for you to play that air-horn sound effect. time and get into the songs. Ok, let’s stop wasting First, It an anti-anthem about a clueless rebel wandering aimlessly through there’s “Feel Still,” the world. Before the release, the band jokingly referred to it as “The Long Awaited Global And then it became their most popular single to date—climbing to the top of Smash Hit.” Billboard’s Adult Alternative chart. Go fucking figure. The next tracks of and mid-album duo of songs about the note are “Rich Friend” “Keep On”—a tendency of the old and moneyed to leech off of the young and hungry. Or maybe still John’s working through issues with his dad. Tough to tell. Toeing the line between homage and to is With a “I’m too lazy write my own shit,” “So Young.” lyric lifted right out of the song is a nod to the “Live Forever” by Oasis, English band’s early work—a key influence for P.T.M. during their formative years. Finally, the intense trying to reconcile the difference between what the there’s “Noise Pollution” modern world promised us and what we got. We were sold on a more peaceful, empathetic, knowledgeable, and connected world. And we ended up with . . . well, whatever the opposite of that is. Which brings us back to that flaming mountain we were talking to about. It’s central what’s going on with this album. Woodstock is an album that—with optimism and heart—points at the giant pile and this pile is And if you think that pile is fucked up too, you owe it says, “Hey, fucked up!” to yourself—hell, to all of us—to get out there and do something about it. Oh, and you owe it to the band to buy this album, because, as we mentioned, awesome. it’s
Friends), Mike D (Everything Cool), and longtime collaborator Casey Bates (the one consistent producer since the first record). In this newfound creative territory, the album that became Woodstock rolled out naturally from there. Now would be another good time for you to play that air-horn sound effect. Ok, let’s stop wasting time and get into the songs. First, there’s “Feel It Still,” an anti-anthem about a clueless rebel wandering aimlessly through the world. Before the release, the band jokingly referred to it as “The Long Awaited Global Smash Hit.” And then it became their most popular single to date—climbing to the top of Billboard’s Adult Alternative chart. Go fucking figure. The next tracks of note are “Rich Friend” and “Keep On”—a mid-album duo of songs about the tendency of the old and moneyed to leech off of the young and hungry. Or maybe John’s still working through issues with his dad. Tough to tell. Toeing the line between homage and “I’m too lazy to write my own shit,” is “So Young.” With a lyric lifted right out of “Live Forever” by Oasis, the song is a nod to the English band’s early work—a key influence for P.T.M. during their formative years. Finally, there’s the intense “Noise Pollution” trying to reconcile the difference between what the modern world promised us and what we got. We were sold on a more peaceful, empathetic, knowledgeable, and connected world. And we ended up with . . . well, whatever the opposite of that is. Which brings us back to that flaming mountain we were talking about. It’s central to what’s going on with this album. Woodstock is an album that—with optimism and heart—points at the giant pile and says, “Hey, this pile is fucked up!” And if you think that pile is fucked up too, you owe it to yourself—hell, to all of us—to get out there and do something about it. Oh, and you owe it to the band to buy this album, because, as we mentioned, it’s awesome.
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