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  • Release Date: 09/09/2003
  • Sales Rank: 167,830
  • Label: FUELED BY RAMEN
  • UPC: 645131206428

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White Doves and Smoking Guns

1LISTENShout Out Loud 3:02
2LISTENEvery Great Western 2:50
3LISTENAlways On 2:48
4LISTENGotta Get Outta Here 3:34
5LISTENGeneration Vexed 2:41
6LISTENRomance Is Dead 2:17
7LISTENThe Best Way to Beat a Mid-Life Crisis (Is to Be Dead) 3:10
8LISTENSpectacle City 2:34
9LISTENActors + Spectators 2:48
10LISTENMatchbook Poets 3:00
11LISTENFreedom vs. The Perception of Necessity 3:36

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Passion slashes through every track of the A.K.A.s' full-length debut. The fury of their message perfectly matches the intensity of their music. Whether excoriating the "empty souls" of impassive Gen X'ers on "Generation Vexed" or the hawkish conformity of former peaceniks on "Every Great Western," they pull no punches and play no favorites. Their world is urban, decadent, and decayed, where fashion models, sedated by "champagne, fast cars, and caviar," complain about being bored while, outside, outlaws "paint the streets with fire." Their anger boils from the visceral into dangerous theoretical territory; unlike practically any band since the MC5, these guys have no problem working words like "bourgeoisie" into their polemics. All this erupts from within an explosion of tight, aggressive rhythm, but the key to the A.K.A. sound is Nina Aron's vintage Farfisa organ. Its atmospheric whine, reminiscent of Blondie and early Elvis Costello, snakes through snarling guitar and thundering drums like a trickle of memory, white-hot and inescapable, in a desert of complacency. Robert Doerschuk, All Music Guide

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