The March Divide - Anticipation Pops - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jared Putnam is one of the most prolific songwriters in Texas, and he earns that distinction in his second act. Having already flirted with the danger of major labels when his young band The Conversation was a national next thing, in the past decade as The March Divide, Putnam has basically done it all on his own, self-releasing a barrage of singles, EPs, and albums at a seemingly non-stop pace during that time. Cinq, his fifth album, was conceived as a full-length, but has mostly been released throughout the pandemic as a series of singles. Featuring ten new next level tracks of Putnam's unique indie pop/rock sound, mixed & mastered by Alan Sanderson (Fiona Apple, Weezer), cinq is The March Divide's best album to date.

Existing somewhere in the smoldering ashes of classic Spoon and Jawbreaker, Lost Causes is the intentionally 90s indie rock sixth album from The March Divide. Teaming up with producer Mike Major (At the Drive-In, Sparta, Coheed and Cambria), the band blends nostalgia with power pop choruses, sizable hooks, and a hefty dose of clever lyrical choice in ten new songs.

Frank Black & the Catholics Live at Melkweg was recorded in the aftermath of Dog in the Sand, which 'plays as a true classicist rock 'n' roll album, without resorting to clichés or sounding reactionary.' Reminiscent of Exile on Main Street-era Stones and early Bowie... all the tracks share a roots feel, accented by Rich Gilbert's frequent use of a pedal steel guitar.' the Catholics represent 'rock as large, expansive, and over-romanticized... as the western skies hanging over the rural-route honky-tonk dives whose atmosphere they so readily evoke.' -Pitchfork in their usual high-energy fashion, Black and the band unapologetically tear through their expansive catalog, banging out with uncanny familiarity some of Black's greatest Pixies' tunes like Mr. Grieves, Monkey Gone to Heaven and Where is My Mind?. Live at Melkweg was recorded at the legendary Amsterdam club on March 24th, 2001.