Album Review:

Self-Made Mess

  • Release Date: 1997
  • Genre: Rock
  • Label: Some
  • Artist: Six Going on Seven
  • Flags: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Styles: Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Review

Though few outside of Boston know it, that city has a rich tradition in great, gripping post-punk. Though the recent reissues of two of the scene's founding artists, La Peste and Mission of Burma, should enlighten some, it's the post-hardcore bands who sprung up around them, from Proletariat to (later) Sorry, who come to mind listening to this taut Beantown trio. Great singer Josh English has a voice as thick and raw as the Clash's Joe Strummer; Black Flag's second singer, Ron Reyes; Scream's Pete Stahl; and Fugazi's duo of Guy Picciotto and Ian MacKaye, and at times his voice is so raw as he scream/shouts/seethes/gurgles, it seems as if he's losing it. Behind this howling mad dog is a well-produced sound that takes in hints of the Ruts by way of Fugazi's jerky-rhythm mastery and the quiet, simmering undercurrent of held-back rage that is this genre at its stripped down best. Far from a mess, Six Going on Seven is a pretty impressive sturm and clang. ~ Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title iTunes Composers Performers Time
Sexy Like the Titanic
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Six Going on Seven Six Going on Seven
Endurance
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Six Going on Seven Six Going on Seven
Getaway Car
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Six Going on Seven Six Going on Seven
Flu Season
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Six Going on Seven Six Going on Seven
Sincerely
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Six Going on Seven Six Going on Seven
Deadpan Cool
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Six Going on Seven Six Going on Seven
Lampwick
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Six Going on Seven Six Going on Seven
New Faith in Loss
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Six Going on Seven Six Going on Seven
Method Actor
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Six Going on Seven Six Going on Seven
Everybody's Got a Hobby
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Six Going on Seven Six Going on Seven

Credits

Glenn Maryansky (Design), Six Going on Seven (Main Performer), Erik Zimmerman (Photography), Brian McTernan (Engineer), Josh English, Will Bartlett
 
 
 

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