A more balanced affair than the Five Songs EP (2003), Floods + Fires is a dynamic set that pits Gatsby's penchant for noisy, double-time, indie-rock assaults against slower-tempo pop, quiet melodies, and hints of twang. In the end, Floods + Fires is about conflict and the energy that conflict creates...and ultimately takes away. Gatsby's only full-length--and ultimately its swan song, Floods + Fires earned significant critical praise from local, regional, and national reviewers, and found regular radio play on more than 100 stations throughout New England and beyond.
Quotes
Played through top to bottom, Floods + Fires is a great album. - Now on Tour
5th best New England CD of 2005 - Worcester Magazine
Gatsby have the great American indie-guitar rock album on their hands. - Big Takeover
...nothing could prepare you for Floods + Fires. Gatsby have been likened to Hüsker Dü, Heatmiser, Guided by Voices, The Feelies and Das Damen, and here, at last, you'll get the impression that they've earned the comparisons. -Splendid
Tracks
- Pretty to think so
- Snakes
- Doodah Song
- High Low
- It's all my FaultToo Tone
- Grad School
- Keep at it Hank
- Prize Fight
- Paint
- Heavy
- Agent Birds
- My Piano
- Cut me Down
- Dodging Bullets (mp3 only, free just register)
- Cereal Bride (mp3 only, free just register)
Credits
Jay Figueroa - guitars
Scott Robinson - drums
Brandon Comstock - guitars, vocals
Alan Wuorinen - vocals, bass
All songs by Alan (c) BMI 2005, except Grad School by Brandon (c) BMI 2005. Recorded, and mixed with Mike Quinn at Moontower Studio, Cambridge. Mastered by Ian Kennedy at New Alliance East.
