Grain of Salt - EP
The Morning Benders
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Grain of Salt | The Morning Benders | 3:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Song | The Morning Benders | 4:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Morning Fog | The Morning Benders | 2:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Your Dark Side | The Morning Benders | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Grain of Salt (Big Echo Version) | The Morning Benders | 5:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 5 Songs |
Customer Reviews
Broken-hearted A-side and new sounds on B’s
Berkeley’s Morning Benders have been busy boys. They released their first full-length album, Talking Through Tin Cans, this past May to well-deserved media buzz, in July they offered up a free set of homemade cover songs via their blog, and also dropped live sets via iTunes, LimeWire and Daytrotter. Their choice of covers revealed front-line influences of Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, the Velvet Underground, Smiths, and Cardigans, but also background nods to Roy Orbison, Paul Simon, Randy Newman, and tin-pan alley by way of Ricky Nelson. Their latest EP, Grain of Salt, opens with Chris Chu warbling in a trebly double-tracked vocal about his perpetually broken heart. Luckily for ‘Benders fans he’s a resilient romantic. The EP’s B-sides include the moody ‘50s-influenced ballad “A Song (Don’t Think So Hard),” the acoustic folk “Morning Fog,” and the terrific Brian Wilson styled “Your Dark Side.” iTunes provides a bonus reworking of the title track that extends the group’s exploration of mid-period Beach Boys. This is nice placeholder while the band works on their forthcoming Big Echo CD. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]
really good
this could have stood as a whole album itself, i was more satisfied with this than big echo. it felt like it was almost an extension of the first album, but a more serious take on the songs.
Great stuff
The Morning Benders don't disappoint. Their new EP still contains their distinct originality and manages to mix in influences such as Pink Floyd and The Beatles. I highly recommend buying.
Biography
Formed: 2005 in Berkeley, CA
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By The Morning Benders
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Excuses | Big Echo | 5:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Waiting for a War | Talking Through Tin Cans (Bonus Track Version) | 2:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Cold War | Big Echo | 1:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Patient Patient | Talking Through Tin Cans (Bonus Track Version) | 2:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Damnit Anna | Talking Through Tin Cans (Bonus Track Version) | 1:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Promises | Big Echo | 3:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Wanna Be Like You (Jungle Book Cover) | Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) - EP | 2:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Strangers In the Night | Strangers In the Night - Single | 2:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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All Day Day Light | Big Echo | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Promises | Promises | 3:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
