Get Out Alive: The Last Type Story
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Get Out Alive: The Last Type Story is the fourth album
from The Speaking Canaries
, a Pittsburgh
-based indie rock
band.
at the same time as the regular version. Get Out Alive: The Long Version features extended versions of "Last Side of Town", "Last Type" and "Coffin Jitters" and adds the song "Stuffed With Fear".
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
from The Speaking Canaries
Speaking Canaries
The Speaking Canaries are an indie rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
, a Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
-based indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band.
Track listing
- "I Wear Glasses in the Most Brutal Sport Ever Invented" - 2:55
- "Menopause Diaries" - 4:47
- "Last Type" - 4:29
- "Coffin Jitters" - 3:29
- "Last Side of Town part 2" - 6:04
- "Life Like Homes" - 8:23
- "Song on a Record You Can't Get" - 4:52
- "Theme from Hospital Comedian" - 4:08
Personnel
- The Speaking Canaries:
- Damon CheDamon CheDamon Che is a rock drummer and guitarist. He has made significant contributions to indie rock and progressive rock through his work with math rock pioneers Don Caballero since 1991...
- GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, glockenspielGlockenspielA glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
, recording engineerAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including... - Noah Leger - drums on half (lower in the mix will be a sure indication. Liner notes are incorrect).
- Jon Purse - Bass on two songs
- Ingrid - vocals on "Life Like Homes"
- Damon Che
- Al Sutton - Recording engineer, mixing engineerAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
- Robert Ebeling - Mixing engineer
- Todd Doehering - Recording engineer, mixing engineerAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
Get Out Alive: The Long Version
An alternate, longer version (76:02) of Get Out Alive was released by Scat Records on CD-RCD-R
A CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
at the same time as the regular version. Get Out Alive: The Long Version features extended versions of "Last Side of Town", "Last Type" and "Coffin Jitters" and adds the song "Stuffed With Fear".