We're Afraid of Heights Tonight
The Rum Diary
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Grey | The Rum Diary | 1:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Back in the Hardcore Days | The Rum Diary | 4:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Assassins in Moccasins | The Rum Diary | 3:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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We're Afraid of Heights Tonight | The Rum Diary | 3:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Mothball Fleet | The Rum Diary | 8:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Audio | The Rum Diary | 1:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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My Lungs Have Never Felt Better | The Rum Diary | 7:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Double Dragon | The Rum Diary | 4:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Sunken Fields | The Rum Diary | 9:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Metronome | The Rum Diary | 4:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Bonus | The Rum Diary | 2:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Album Review
California's Rum Diary, unfairly slapped with the dreaded — or highly sought after, depending on your target audience — emo tag, further their recent forays into space rock territory with the wintry We're Afraid of Heights Tonight, an 11-track headphone adventure that begins with a horn introduction right out of Band of Brothers and ends with a wind chime-induced Britpop daydream. With song titles like "My Lungs Have Never Felt Better" and "Mothball Fleet," the Radiohead comparisons are apt, but what the band delivers is less isolating and more inclusive then Kid A or OK Computer. While there are elements of electro/stereo showboating, the majority of the album is pure post-rock pop, with standout cuts like " Back in the Hardcore Days" and the nearly ten-minute epic " Sunken Fields (TL-05)" laying the foundation for the record's more gelatinous passengers. Like the 90 Day Men's Panda Park or the Rachel's Systems/Layers, Heights demands the listener's full attention and will divulge nothing of its' hidden treasures if left on shuffle.
Customer Reviews
great, great album.
This album is truly amazing. I can't believe I'm actualy the first one to write on this. The atmosphere and soundscapes this album produces are beyond comparison. Not to mention, this album contains one of my favorite songs ever (My Lungs Have Never Felt Better). This is just great indie rock. If you are at all into indie, post-rock, atmospheric, ambient, etc...I highly reccomend this to you. If you do like this cd, check out their cd Poisons That Save Lives as well.
I LOVE THIS BAND
It's such a shame that great bands like this are the least recognized. The Rum Diary has such an amazing sound. We're Afraid of Heights Tonight is probaby my favorite album from them. I can listen to this CD from start to finish and not skip one track. Their music is the kind that I can close my eyes while listening to and be taken to a whole new place and time. This is honestly the greatest band and album of all time. The 30 second clips don't do their music justice. This album needs to be heard from start to finish. BUY IT! You seriously won't be sorry.
Sirloin Sounds.
If this album had any cheese, I would have died of a heart attack the year it came out. Amazing.
Biography
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s
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- $9.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Indie Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
- Released: Jan 01, 2006
- ℗ 2005 The Rum Diary
