The Tyler Trudeau Attempt is a rock band that believes pop music should try to be art and that art needs to be enjoyable. Taking the energy of punk rock and applying it to ideas from several decades' worth of pop music, the Attempt is at once art-punk and total sock-hop music, revisionist and forward-thinking. Recorded around the middle of 2006, In My Despair, I Took Up Painting is the second studio EP they've released (the first being Why Don't You Come Out to My Twist Party?, released in early 2003). Its five songs detail underemployment, youthful ambition, gender confusion, political alienation and provincial pride with dry wit and irrepressible pop hooks. The band's members live in or near New Haven, CT.
The Tyler Trudeau Attempt is a rock band that believes pop music should try to be art and that art needs to be enjoyable. Taking the energy of punk rock and applying it to ideas from several decades' worth of pop music, the Attempt is at once art-punk and total sock-hop music, revisionist and forward-thinking. Recorded around the middle of 2006, In My Despair, I Took Up Painting is the second studio EP they've released (the first being Why Don't You Come Out to My Twist Party?, released in early 2003). Its five songs detail underemployment, youthful ambition, gender confusion, political alienation and provincial pride with dry wit and irrepressible pop hooks. The band's members live in or near New Haven, CT.
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| 1. | I Got A Lot Of Poverty | | (3:40) | | $0.99 | |
| 2. | Best Days | | (2:45) | | $0.99 | |
| 3. | We're An UnAmerican Band | | (3:10) | | $0.99 | |
| 4. | I'm Gonna Be A Mess | | (3:25) | | $0.99 | |
| 5. | New Haven Is Where The Action Is | | (2:55) | | $0.99 | |
More Info
Release Year | 2006 |
Label | fromage-cinq records |
Sounds Like | Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Mission of Burma, The Buzzcocks, Gang of Four, Modern Lovers, Ted Leo |
Genre | Rock, Pop |
Website | www.tylertrudeau.com |
2ndary Website | www.myspace.com/thetyler... |
Band Members / Musicians | On this disc:Tyler Trudeau: vocals, guitar, auxiliary bassJohn Mordecai: organ, vocalsMike McLellan: bassMartin Kotucek: drumsCurrently:TylerJohnAlex Larson: bassBob Rock: drums |
Location | New Haven, CT, USA |
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Posted on Sep 28, 2007 by
James Velvet
Rating: 5 out of 5
This disc is everything it says in the hype above: pop, art, punk, rock, enjoyable. Great, catchy tunes, that point to their own genre. -- You should contact the band and try to get ahold of "Twist Party", their first, as well
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