Last Updated 12/04/2024 07:24 PM EST
LOG IN
CART
Cart Items :
Sub Total :
artist
label
title
catalog #
any field
advanced
New Releases
Artists
Labels
Forthcoming
Best Sellers
Reviews
Jobs
soundclips
[All Countries]
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Europe
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Korea
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russian Federation
Scotland
Senegal
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
UK
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
World's Leading Terrorist State
World's Misleading Terrorist State
[All Formats]
Book
Cassette
CD
Clothing
Digital
DVD
MISC
VHS
Vinyl
[All Genres]
CLASSICAL
COMEDY
ELECTRONIC
EXPERIMENTAL
HIPHOP
JAZZ
Misc
ROCK
WORLD
artist
catalog #
label
title
any field
Tweet
Send Email
PRICE:
$24.00
$24.00
IN STOCK
ARTIST
VOLUNTEERED, THE
TITLE
We Fall Apart
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
SCRATCHY RECORDS
CATALOG #
SCRATCHY 080LP
SCRATCHY 080LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
4/8/2022
Old school friends and long-time collaborators,
Mark Rowland
and
Paul Webber
formed
The Volunteered
at the tail end of 2019 when they started working on new songs channeling old indie rock heroes such as
Built to Spill
,
Guided By Voices
,
Neutral Milk Hotel
, and
Belle & Sebastian
. They put out the
We Fall Apart
EP in 2020 as a modest self-release and now, what started as a way to keep busy during lockdown has been expanded into a full-length vinyl. "We had the vague notion of recording an album at some point in 2020," says Mark "and we definitely intended to play more shows. We were talking to people about joining the band. It was supposed to be a big year for us." Then, the pandemic happened. Stuck indoors with all plans put on ice, Mark and Paul went through their demo recordings to see what they had to work with. They took elements of those recordings, added to them, and started working on some new songs. Along the way, they recruited some friends to guest on the record, including future Volunteered member
Elizabeth Sadzik
, Detroit-based singer-songwriter
Cody Ketchum
,
René Methner
of German indie rock band
Para Lia
, solo artist
Ritch Spence
and
Simon Bromide
. It's a varied listen, from the pounding, tuneful fuzz of lead single "Going to Amsterdam" to the atmospheric heart-string puller "The Lights". Everywhere you look there are hooks waiting to pull you in and some great pop songwriting recalling everyone from
Buddy Holly
and
Weezer
to
The Triffids
and
Pearl Jam
.
Other releases on SCRATCHY RECORDS