Floods + Fires

Gatsby

Release Date:: 05-10-2005
Catalog #:: SMR003

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Played through top to bottom, Floods + Fires is a great album.
— Now on Tour

Gatsby’s forte is the same as Superchunk’s: riff-driven songs with unconventional melodies that don’t seem like they should be catchy — but somehow are. It’s a much easier trick to describe than to pull off, and Gatsby does better at it than most.
— Pathetic Caverns

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

Description

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. Digital download includes two bonus tracks that we were stupid enough to leave off the CD. If you buy the CD we'll send 'em to you separately.