Artist: My Dad Is Dead
Album: Peace, Love & Murder
Release: 1987
Label: Birth
Tracklist:
1. Force Feed
2. Babe In The Woods
3. Open Wide
4. The Dark Side
5. Like A Vise
6. Breakdown
7. Hill O' Beans
8. Your Love
9. 20 Yards Deep
10. Fireball
With a hearty catalogue and only having to deal with one, single creative force and ego, My Dad Is Dead has proven itself to be one of the preeminent American indie bands. The band itself is actually just Mark Edwards of Cleveland, Ohio and a backing band consisting of just a drum machine playing cold post-punk, American stylee.
My first experience with the band was their song, the catchy "Where Is Our Reason?" on the split 7" with Rastro for the Working Holiday! series on Simple Machines. The song was tight, but I wasn't truly blown away until I heard Peace, Love & Murder, my favorite album from the band. Consisting of repetitive guitar lines, a chilling drum sound, and Edward's earnest and untamed vocals, this is some of the best American post-punk ever made. Forget Mission of Burma and prepare to meet Dad.
Almost every song is a pop gem within itself. "Babe In The Woods" is probably his hit and for good reason, as it's the quintessential MDID song, with one of Edwards' catchiest guitar parts ever and devastating lyrics. "Your Love" is the most energetic of this collection and is almost an equal of "Babe." The remaining tracks see Edwards maintaining a similar formula of repetition and misanthropic prose for successful results.
Download Here
-Adam
Album: Peace, Love & Murder
Release: 1987
Label: Birth
Tracklist:
1. Force Feed
2. Babe In The Woods
3. Open Wide
4. The Dark Side
5. Like A Vise
6. Breakdown
7. Hill O' Beans
8. Your Love
9. 20 Yards Deep
10. Fireball
With a hearty catalogue and only having to deal with one, single creative force and ego, My Dad Is Dead has proven itself to be one of the preeminent American indie bands. The band itself is actually just Mark Edwards of Cleveland, Ohio and a backing band consisting of just a drum machine playing cold post-punk, American stylee.
My first experience with the band was their song, the catchy "Where Is Our Reason?" on the split 7" with Rastro for the Working Holiday! series on Simple Machines. The song was tight, but I wasn't truly blown away until I heard Peace, Love & Murder, my favorite album from the band. Consisting of repetitive guitar lines, a chilling drum sound, and Edward's earnest and untamed vocals, this is some of the best American post-punk ever made. Forget Mission of Burma and prepare to meet Dad.
Almost every song is a pop gem within itself. "Babe In The Woods" is probably his hit and for good reason, as it's the quintessential MDID song, with one of Edwards' catchiest guitar parts ever and devastating lyrics. "Your Love" is the most energetic of this collection and is almost an equal of "Babe." The remaining tracks see Edwards maintaining a similar formula of repetition and misanthropic prose for successful results.
Download Here
-Adam
4 comments:
This blog never ceases to impress me. MDID were one of my radio show staples in college, and I was surprised at how few people knew about them give their fairly big catalog. Thanks for the post! If any of you guys are fans of C'est La Mort records I'd love to see them get some play here.
oooh its been a while since i've listened to my dad is dead. i had some of their lyrics sharpied on the steering wheel of my old car! thanks for posting!
what an amazing album, can't believe i haven't stumbled upon these guys before, great post, high fkn 5!
Always liked the nasally vocals of MDID.Was supposed to see them in Cleveland with the Zero Boys but MDID cancelled. Oh well. Thanks.
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