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Kids In Philly (CD)

By: Marah (Artist)

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Marah Artist Snapshot:

Philadelphia-bred roots-rockers Marah have had a career distinguished by two things: one, an unselfconsciously classic-rock approach to their craft that, since the mid-1990s, has bucked any of the trends of the day; and two, an ability to attract powerful champions while maintaining indie cred. Formed around the nucleus of brothers Dave and Serge Bielanko, the band released their first album on a small label in '98, and got the attention of Steve Earle, who released the follow-up on his E-Squared Records. Oasis producer Owen Morris, generally reluctant to work with Americans, helmed the next album, on which Bruce Springsteen guested, and writers Nick Hornby and Stephen King have both raved in print about their music. Despite all the public praise, by their eighth studio release in 2008 the band was still proudly independent.

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DISC 1 for Kids In Philly (CD) Album By Marah (Artist)
1   Faraway You
2   Point Breeze
3   Christian St.
4   It's Only Money, Tyrone
5   My Heart Is The Bums On The Street
6   Catfisherman, The
7   Round Eye Blues
8   From The Skyline Of A Great Big Town
9   Barstool Boys
10   History Of Where Someone Has Been Killed, The
11   This Town
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (6/8/00, pp.118-20) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A disciplined collection about fractured romance....music that's full of grand, Whitman-esque wonder and gnarly Lou Reed detail."
Q (12/00, pp.126-7) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Delightful, surprisingly solid stuff."
Magnet (4-5/00, pp.82-3) - "...Startlingly evocative, straight-from-the-heart lyrics....One of the most distinctive voices in whatever genre label you mistakenly choose to apply. Call it rock'n'roll and you can't go too far wrong."
CMJ (3/20/00, p.3) - "...impressively raucous....a band with too much heart and not enough shame: They love classic rock, girls have dumped them, and they don't care if you know it....'a literate AC/DC'..."
Mojo (Publisher) (11/00, p.112) - "...Truly impressive songsmiths whose smalltown lyrics and quirky delivery perfectly offset the singing Bielanko's embracing howl."

Title Note

Marah: Dave Bielanko, Serge Bielanko, Ronnie Vance, Danny Metz (vocals, various instruments).

Additional personnel includes: Paul Smith (vocals, guitar, keyboards, vibraphone, chimes); Hy Lit (vocals); Mike Brenner (lap-steel guitar, vibraphone, samples); Jeff Clarke (bagpipes); Matt Cappy (trumpet); Sal Spera (percussion).

Recorded at Frank's Auto, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

On KIDS IN PHILLY, Philadelphia's Marah swings for the fences, taking the first of what would be several full-hearted if ultimately unsuccessful cracks at a crossover statement of purpose along the lines of Springsteen's THE WILD, THE INNOCENT & THE E STREET SHUFFLE. The group's shambolic bar band pathos is ideally suited to the rough sketches of Philadelphia street life that permeate the album, however. If the results fall somewhat short of the group's ambitions--Marah sounds like it's trying to conjure "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" throughout)--it's not for lack of effort.

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