I know you guys know that Sloan just released a brand new single, a hardcore single. And I totally got one.
They went on sale at 12pm EST on April 30th, and luckily I didn't work that day so I was parked in front of the computer waiting to get mine. I went on just after ten and picked up the package deal with 7" single, t-shirt and digital downloads.
The single cover bears a striking resemblance to Minor Threat's Salad Days EP cover. Although, in the Minor Threat picture the one dude is sitting on a wooden Pepsi crate, while in the Sloan version Chris is sitting on a wooden Coca-Cola crate.
The single is hand numbered and limited to only 500, but if you wanted one and didn't get one, too bad because they sold out pretty quick. The A side, Jenny, is written by Chris and the B side, It's In You, It's In Me, is written by Patrick. Both songs are good, but I think Jenny is the bettter "hardcore" song. Patrick's song still sounds very Sloan-y, just a little rougher. If you head over to Sloanmusic.com you can listen to both songs and decide for yourself.
They also made a limited edition t-shirt just for this package that has a collage of all the band members circa 1985. I was wearing mine yesterday...cuz I'm hardcore.
The package also came with a digital download of the single plus an entire 12 song hardcore covers album. Sloan covers songs from Angry Samoans, Minor Threat, Black Flag, 7 Seconds, Bad Religion, and more. It's cool to hear them play something different, but I wonder how Jay felt about all this. He doesn't seem the "hardcore" type, even though he sings on one of the covers.
I burned the single plus the covers album to a CD to put in my car, but I almost listened to the entire thing before I got to where I was going. All 14 tracks add up for a run time of 22 minutes and 15 seconds. Hooray for hardcore and punk music!
I thought it was cool of Sloan to do this hardcore single and throw in an album of covers as well. I liked it, even if it doesn't sound like Sloan. I wonder if they will be doing this again in other styles like country or rap? Count me in for a rap single and covers album, but I'll pass on a country one. I bet Jay would love to do a country single.
They went on sale at 12pm EST on April 30th, and luckily I didn't work that day so I was parked in front of the computer waiting to get mine. I went on just after ten and picked up the package deal with 7" single, t-shirt and digital downloads.
The single cover bears a striking resemblance to Minor Threat's Salad Days EP cover. Although, in the Minor Threat picture the one dude is sitting on a wooden Pepsi crate, while in the Sloan version Chris is sitting on a wooden Coca-Cola crate.
The single is hand numbered and limited to only 500, but if you wanted one and didn't get one, too bad because they sold out pretty quick. The A side, Jenny, is written by Chris and the B side, It's In You, It's In Me, is written by Patrick. Both songs are good, but I think Jenny is the bettter "hardcore" song. Patrick's song still sounds very Sloan-y, just a little rougher. If you head over to Sloanmusic.com you can listen to both songs and decide for yourself.
They also made a limited edition t-shirt just for this package that has a collage of all the band members circa 1985. I was wearing mine yesterday...cuz I'm hardcore.
The package also came with a digital download of the single plus an entire 12 song hardcore covers album. Sloan covers songs from Angry Samoans, Minor Threat, Black Flag, 7 Seconds, Bad Religion, and more. It's cool to hear them play something different, but I wonder how Jay felt about all this. He doesn't seem the "hardcore" type, even though he sings on one of the covers.
I burned the single plus the covers album to a CD to put in my car, but I almost listened to the entire thing before I got to where I was going. All 14 tracks add up for a run time of 22 minutes and 15 seconds. Hooray for hardcore and punk music!
I thought it was cool of Sloan to do this hardcore single and throw in an album of covers as well. I liked it, even if it doesn't sound like Sloan. I wonder if they will be doing this again in other styles like country or rap? Count me in for a rap single and covers album, but I'll pass on a country one. I bet Jay would love to do a country single.
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