Flag of the Shiners EP
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Flag of the Shiners EP is the 2002 debut release by reggae
-rock
band, State Radio
, headlined by former Dispatch
vocalist/guitarist, Chad Urmston
. It features a much heavier sound than Urmston's previous Dispatch material.
On May 8th 2009, the band played Flag of the Shiners in its entirety at a show at Wilton High School
.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
-rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band, State Radio
State Radio
State Radio is an alternative rock band from Sherborn, Massachusetts, consisting of Chad Urmston , Chuck Fay and Mike Najarian...
, headlined by former Dispatch
Dispatch (band)
Dispatch is an American indie/roots band. The band consists of Brad Corrigan , Pete Francis Heimbold , and Chad Urmston ....
vocalist/guitarist, Chad Urmston
Chad Urmston
Chad Stokes Urmston is an American musician. Urmston was a member of the band Hermit Thrush which later gave birth to the band Dispatch. He is the frontman for the Sherborn, Massachusetts-area band State Radio, as well as a constant activist for improved living conditions in Zimbabwe...
. It features a much heavier sound than Urmston's previous Dispatch material.
On May 8th 2009, the band played Flag of the Shiners in its entirety at a show at Wilton High School
Wilton High School
Wilton High School is a public high school in Wilton, Connecticut, and considered "one of Connecticut’s top performers" in various measures of school success. The current principal is Robert O'Donnell. Previously the long-time-principal was Timothy H. Canty, who also attended the school in the...
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Track listing
- Mountain – 5:10
- State Inspector – 3:28
- Gunship Politico – 6:45
- Uncertain - 4:43
- Ill Advised - 2:50
- The Legacy Of Margaret Brown - 3:17