Avoid One Thing - 'Right Here Where You Left Me' (CD)

Description: Brand new compact disc. SHIPPING TIME AND RETURN POLICY: SHIPPING: We ship within 2 business days of payment most of the time (orders place over the weekend won't be processed until the following Monday. We ship via USPS: First Class for CDs, Media Mail for vinyl, and First Class Mail International for overseas orders (orders over 4lb require Priority Mail International). Actual shipping time varies by destination. RETURNS: We generally do not accept returns except if something is not as described, and we take care to make sure everything fits our description. Sometimes CDs or vinyl will have a "cut-out" slice or "promo punch" either in the corner or through the UPC code - we will include this in the description if applicable. If there is a problem with an item, contact us and we will figure out the best action to take. We do NOT accept returns if you decide you simply don't like the item, or have buyer's remorse - buy wisely, and ask questions if necessary. Damage incurred during shipping should be brought up with the carrier but is extremely rare as we box everything adequately, including using extra cardboard for protection. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMBINING SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS WE SELL: Use "Add To Cart". Before paying, there is a button marked "Ask Seller For A Total" - click this. Wait one business day for us to change the invoice or else it will charge you full shipping for each item (we will not refund extra shipping once paid). This may not work from a phone, only a computer. We have to change shipping by hand - typically we charge what is close to the actual cost with maybe a $1 USD handling fee per item to cover the cost of packing materials. Item Summary: Some say what's done is done - there's no sense in reliving the past. These people obviously aren't songwriters. On Right Here Where You Left Me, the first album in 15 years by Avoid One Thing, bandleader Joe Gittleman ruminates on drunken adventures, doomed relationships, mental health struggles, and periods of loneliness and self-doubt. He tells these tales through punky rock 'n' roll tunes reminiscent of Jawbreaker, Social Distortion, and most of all The Replacements. "I probably could have called this record 'Here Comes Another Regular,'" Gittleman jokes. All the looking back is ultimately in service of moving forward. Gittleman began writing these songs circa 2004, when The Mighty Mighty Bosstones-the band he'd played bass in since he was a teenager-was on hiatus. He was uncertain of his future, musical and otherwise, so he started thinking about the good ol' days before he quit drinking in the mid-'90s. "If you unplugged the clock at the bar, could we stay forever?" he sings on "Enemy," one of several anthemic odes to young recklessness. The mood is bleaker on "A Million Maids & Janitors" and "Fresh Pond Parkway," cold-coffee rockers about heartbreak and regret. Gittleman made Right Here Where You Left Me with a lot of help from his friends. Avoid One Thing features drummer John Lynch and Boston rockabilly guitar heroine Amy Griffin, who colors these songs with bittersweet, lyrical leads. "I was listening to Joe's demos like crazy, playing the tracks on my computer and recording my own guitar over them into dozens of voice memos I could then listen to out of context, so I could choose my favorite ideas by letting them sneak up on me," Griffin says. Guest rhythm guitarists include Tim Brennan of The Dropkick Murphys, original Avoid One Thing guitarist Paul Delano, famed producer Ted Hutt, and Dave Minehan of legendary Boston rockers The Neighborhoods. The album was recorded in just four days by producer Paul Kolderie (Pixies, Radiohead), who drove up to Gittleman's house in Vermont with a car full of gear for one session. "It's a Boston record," says Kolderie. "There's a story in there about a life once lived in bars that don't close and crappy apartments with broken windows. Tantalizing hints float around about love gone wrong and bad choices, but there's also some hope and a bit of optimism by the end. Or is there? Listen to the guitars and you'll know."

Price: 9.88 USD

Location: Malden, Massachusetts

End Time: 2024-07-29T15:20:04.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.99 USD