Northern Distortion/Main Street

by Fun w/ Atoms

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	1.	Chain Reaction 03:08
	2.	Changing History 03:50
	3.	Indiana Line 04:10
	4.	A Fate Unknown 02:48
	5.	Turn And Go 04:16
	6.	A New Titanic 03:44
	7.	Hand-Me-Down 02:18
	8.	I Believe Her 03:19
	9.	Strange Things Happen 04:29
	10.	Northern Distortion 03:35
	11.	Call The Losers 03:18
	12.	Star Love 04:29
	13.	Warning 03:28
	14.	Alaska 02:27
	15.	I'll Be There 04:59
	16.	National Geographic Girl 04:25
	17.	Last Cigarette 03:05
	18.	Titletown 03:23
	19.	Ice and Snow 03:29
	20.	Summer 03:31
	21.	Killing You 04:20
	22.	Another Bend 03:49

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Fun With Atoms is kind of a surprising addition to the Black Vinyl Records roster, as the band's brand of chunky-chord power pop has more to do with the Replacements or prime Soul Asylum than the more polite jangle of label owner Shoes. The album title is right on, as the guitars are suitably loud and crunchy -- kind of surprising, since the album is produced and mixed by Shoes' Jeff Murphy, whose own albums are nowhere near this noisy. Guitarist Rick Smith's songs are uniformly catchy, and he has a particular knack for bridges that modulate, go into different time signatures, or otherwise vary the songs, a facility that frustratingly few power pop songwriters seem to manage, and his gruff vocals are a nice change from the usual Chris Bell-style tenors. The choruses and riffs are memorable, and Murphy and fellow Shoes singer-guitarist Gary Klebe add their trademark high harmonies to several songs. The soaring "Turn and Go" is the highlight, sounding like Hüsker Dü re-recording a classic Big Star tune. Not everything is that immediately appealing, but Northern Distortion is one of those albums that puts the power back into power pop, always a good thing. - Stewart Mason All Music Guide

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released 04 October 2012

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