Get Warmer
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Get Warmer is the fourth full-length album by DIY collective Bomb the Music Industry!
. This was the first BtMI! album to feature a live band, which was made up of over 20 different musicians. It is also the first BtMI! album to be released on CD with artwork and liner notes, via Asian Man Records
in the United States
and Banquet Records in the United Kingdom
. It is also available free through Quote Unquote Records
’ website.
Originally, the band were going to follow up 2006’s Goodbye Cool World with an EP entitled No No New York. This concept was abandoned in favor of recording this album. A song from the abandoned EP, entitled “The Soul Crushing Northeast” can be heard here http://quoteunquoterecords.com/tracks/04%20The%20Soul%20Crushing%20Northeast.mp3.
“No Rest For the Whiny” was previously titled “Screamin’ for a Wage (a.k.a. 2006 World Series of Craig’s List Failure)”
The title track makes references to both Tom Waits
and the Wham!
single Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
.
Unlike previous Bomb the Music Industry! albums, Get Warmer uses phone messages as samples in between songs rather than quotes from movies and TV shows.
Bomb The Music Industry!
Bomb the Music Industry! is band from Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. They write, produce, record, and distribute all of their music under the leadership of songwriter and producer Jeff Rosenstock....
. This was the first BtMI! album to feature a live band, which was made up of over 20 different musicians. It is also the first BtMI! album to be released on CD with artwork and liner notes, via Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Banquet Records in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It is also available free through Quote Unquote Records
Quote Unquote Records
Quote Unquote Records is a donation-based online independent record label, founded and run by Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches frontman Jeff Rosenstock. The label is an example of Rosenstock's DIY ideals...
’ website.
Originally, the band were going to follow up 2006’s Goodbye Cool World with an EP entitled No No New York. This concept was abandoned in favor of recording this album. A song from the abandoned EP, entitled “The Soul Crushing Northeast” can be heard here http://quoteunquoterecords.com/tracks/04%20The%20Soul%20Crushing%20Northeast.mp3.
“No Rest For the Whiny” was previously titled “Screamin’ for a Wage (a.k.a. 2006 World Series of Craig’s List Failure)”
The title track makes references to both Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
and the Wham!
WHAM!
Wham! were a short-lived British musical duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with an American band....
single Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a song by English pop duo Wham! which was released in 1984 and became their first UK number one hit. It was written and produced by George Michael, one half of the duo...
.
Unlike previous Bomb the Music Industry! albums, Get Warmer uses phone messages as samples in between songs rather than quotes from movies and TV shows.
Track listing
- "Jobs Schmobs" - 1:58
- "493 Ruth" - 2:44
- "Bike Test 1 2 3" - 2:37
- "Unlimited Breadsticks, Soup and Salad Days" - 2:32
- "No Rest for the Whiny" - 3:26
- "25 Hour Goddamn Telethon" - 2:20
- "Depression is No Fun" - 2:49
- "I Don’t Love You Anymore" - 4:42
- "Pizza Claus is Comin’ to Town" - 3:11
- "Never Trust a Man Without a Horribly Embarrassing Secret" - 3:55
- "Get Warmer" - 6:50
- "The Last Party (Foul)" - 1:17
Personnel
- Jace Bartet - fuzz bass, vocals (track 2)
- Chuck Bradburn - string bass (track 11)
- Jason Calhoun - violin (track 11)
- Neil Callaghan - farfisa organ (track 9)
- Michael Clancy - vocals (track 8)
- Al Daglis - vocals (track 2), saxophone (track 5)
- Ben Duncan - vocals (track 4)
- Luke Fields - baritone guitar (tracks 1, 2, 7, 11), banjo (track 4), countdown (track 6), vocals (tracks 8, 11)
- Joel Hastat - giant drum (tracks 1, 11), vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8)
- Rick Johnson - bass (all tracks except 2 and 12)
- Matt Kurz - vocals (track 1), lead guitar (track 2)
- Christine Mackie - vocals (track 4)
- Sean McCabe - trombone (all tracks except 3, 4, 9, 10, 12), mandolin (track 4)
- Lolo Meyers - vocals (track 1), cello (track 11)
- Sam Paulsen - countdown (track 6), vocals (track 8, 11)
- Andy Pruett - trumpet (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8)
- Jeff Rosenstock - guitar (all tracks), vocals (all tracks), bells (tracks 1, 3, 4), synthesizer (all tracks except 2, 4, 5, 12), saxophone (all tracks except 3, 4, 9, 10, 12), key bass (track 2), organ (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8), claps (track 2), piano (tracks 4, 7, 8, 11), ukelele (track 9)
- Brady Smith - drums (all tracks), sleigh bells (track 4)
- Scott Smith - cardboard box full of keys, double drum (track 1)
- Cara Beth Satalito - vocals (tracks 8, 10)
- Rob Thomason - whistle (track 8)
- Jeff Tobias - vocals (tracks 2, 6, 7, 8), claps (track 2)