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█║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ source : cdda ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ type : album ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╗╔═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ rls date : jun-13-2004 ║║ st date : 000-00-0000 ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╣╠═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ size : 72,4 MB ║║ tracks : 16 ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╣╠═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ quality : lame 3.90.3 aps ║║ label : Keystone Embers Rcs ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╝╚═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ website : n/a ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ similar artist : n/a ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║║█ 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And not so many █║║█ █║║█ bands are as good as Bedford either. █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ Smiles are the Batteries is the debut album from this bunch of █║║█ █║║█ power pop punkers, fronted by a guy who can only be described as █║║█ █║║█ sounding like Buddy Holly. Really. He even does an impression of █║║█ █║║█ him replete with effects to make it sound like an old vinyl record █║║█ █║║█ to start off "Stay Stay Stay". Sadly missing from this recording █║║█ █║║█ are the insane shouty backing vocals off their wonderous 7" from █║║█ █║║█ last year, but luckily the tunes are still present. █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ Bedford make me want to dance. "The Sound And The Fury" is one of █║║█ █║║█ the bounciest melodic punk rock songs I've ever had the pleasure to █║║█ █║║█ hear, and those Holly-esque vocals give it an added rock 'n' roll █║║█ █║║█ feel. If I was to try and sell this album to someone, I would play █║║█ █║║█ them this track. They would be hooked. "Stay Stay Stay" is utterly █║║█ █║║█ incredible, bursting with spirit and enthusiasm and the best hand █║║█ █║║█ claps ever submitted to record. Then there is the pure exuberance █║║█ █║║█ of the rock'n'rolling "American Music" (which appears to be a █║║█ █║║█ cover), and the final song "Sleeping With My Friends", Other █║║█ █║║█ tracks, such as "Those Kneepads" would have me scream out that they █║║█ █║║█ are influenced by Lifetime. But poppier. █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ OK, so they are not without their weak points, "The Last Song" is a █║║█ █║║█ bit of a go-nowhere effort, but normally they are on top of the █║║█ █║║█ game. Throw in the never ending stream of odd samples, including a █║║█ █║║█ couple of inspired Dr. Who / Daleks efforts, and some of my █║║█ █║║█ favourite open & personal lyrics since the Get Up Kids, plus 3 █║║█ █║║█ songs with titles that are to do with computers, and Bedford should █║║█ █║║█ appeal to every punk rock loser in the world. █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ Mark your cards, Bedford are the kings of nerdcore. They make you █║║█ █║║█ want to dance about and sing like Buddy Holly. Ooo woo. █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ Enjoy! █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ /team FKK █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║║█ █║╠█═════──────────────── ─┬─ ┌─┐ ┌┐ ┌── ┐┌ ┌──┐ ──────────────────══════█╣║█ █║╠█══════─────────────── │ │─└┐┌├└┐│ ├─┐ └──┐ ───────────────────═════█╣║█ █║╠█══════─────────────── └ └ └┘ └└──── └────┘ ────────────────────════█╣║█ █║║█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█║║█ █║║█ 01 the sound and the fury 02:39 █║║█ █║║█ 02 the last song 03:06 █║║█ █║║█ 03 sweet sweet somerville 04:15 █║║█ █║║█ 04 stay stay stay 03:42 █║║█ █║║█ 05 f-one enter enter 02:23 █║║█ █║║█ 06 reboot 01:07 █║║█ █║║█ 07 match 02:30 █║║█ █║║█ 08 graphic user interface 03:42 █║║█ █║║█ 09 i, sucker 02:29 █║║█ █║║█ 10 those kneepads 01:26 █║║█ █║║█ 11 until tomorrow 03:07 █║║█ █║║█ 12 dawntreader 03:27 █║║█ █║║█ 13 cardboard box parade 03:09 █║║█ █║║█ 14 american music 02:07 █║║█ █║║█ 15 sleeping with my friends 04:17 █║║█ █║║█ 16 untitled 00:21 █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ 43:47 min █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║║█ █║╠█═════------------- ┌── ┌─┐ ┌──┌── ─┬─ ─ ┌┐ ┌┌── ┌──┐ ------------══════█╣║█ █║╠█══════──---------- │ ─┐│─└┐├─ ├─ │ │ │└┐││ ─┐└──┐ -------------═════█╣║█ █║╠█══════─────────--- └──┘└ └└──└─── └ └ ─ └┘└──┘───┘ ──────────────════█╣║█ █║║█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█║║█ █║║█▀ PMS ViC gnvr BUTT FNT BEX DELTA AMOK AMRC SDR CMG PYT pH DRUM POS ▀█║║█ █║║█▀ gF AAF TLT rH BERC KRBZ FERICE KzT 0MNi CSR UBE KSi SSR EGO APC ▀█║║█ █║║█▀ iTS RNS ESC REP MIL ▀█║║█ █║║█▀ ▀█║║█ █║║█▀ MAX CiNEVCD rSE VideoCD ▀█║║█ █╚╚█══════╗╔════════╗╔═════════╗╔══════════╗╔═════════╗╔══════════╗╔═══════█╝╝█ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ▀▀▀██▀███▀║║▀██████▀║║▀███████▀║║▀████████▀║║▀███████▀║║▀████████▀║║▀█████▀█▀▀▀ ██▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ ▀▀▀▀▀██║║▀▀████▀▀║║▀▀█████▀▀║║▀▀██████▀▀║║▀▀█████▀▀║║▀▀██████▀▀║║██▀▀▀▀▀▀ ██╚║════════╣╚═════════╠╚══════════╠╚═════════╠╚══════════║╝██ ██ │ ▀▀ │ ▀▀ │ ▀▀▀▀ │ ▀▀▀ │ ▀▀▀▀ │ ██ █ ▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀ ▀▀ █