Bar Room Semantics
Backyard Tire Fire
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | A Better Day | Backyard Tire Fire | 3:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | The Daze | Backyard Tire Fire | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | The Ones Who Surround You | Backyard Tire Fire | 3:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Spinnin' Around | Backyard Tire Fire | 2:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | 31st Fall | Backyard Tire Fire | 3:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Believe | Backyard Tire Fire | 2:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Tryin' to Get Paid | Backyard Tire Fire | 3:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | When the Truth Was Still True | Backyard Tire Fire | 4:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Interlude (Lookin' Forward) | Backyard Tire Fire | 2:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Ready to Go | Backyard Tire Fire | 3:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | The White On My Walls | Backyard Tire Fire | 3:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | If It Make You Feel Good | Backyard Tire Fire | 3:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Up & Down | Backyard Tire Fire | 3:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Thick Skin | Backyard Tire Fire | 3:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 15 | To You | Backyard Tire Fire | 5:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Songs |
Album Review
The first studio album by Illinois Americana trio Backyard Tire Fire (following 2003's Live at the Georgia Theatre), Bar Room Semantics is a perfectly titled album of vignettes about folks whose lives revolve around the neighborhood watering hole. Singer/songwriter Ed Anderson doesn't over-sentimentalize his subjects in songs like "The Daze," a catchy jangle rocker that coolly documents the rise and fall of a young rock & roll band, or the bluesy character study of aimlessness "31st Fall." Although the songs are built on a standard guitar-bass-drums lineup, Anderson inserts vintage synths, pedal steel, and other interesting sounds to keep the album from feeling too samey. Low-key but heartfelt, Bar Room Semantics is a refreshing throwback to the more earnest end of the post-R.E.M. '80s indie rock scene.
Biography
Formed: Bloomington, IL
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Backyard Tire Fire
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoulda Shut It | The Places We Lived | 3:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | How In the Hell Did You Get Back Here? | The Places We Lived | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | The Places We Lived | The Places We Lived | 3:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Home Today | The Places We Lived | 4:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Everybody's Down | The Places We Lived | 1:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Alternative, Indie Rock
- Released: Jan 01, 2005
- ℗ 2005 O.I.E. Records, Ltd.
