Down For You Is Up [Enhanced]

Metropolitan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 2002)
• Original Release Date: March 12, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Crank Automotive
• ASIN: B000063JRW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,073,312 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Hurtling forward from the rough-but-beautiful streets of the Washington DC metropolia are the equally raw-but-harmonious sounds of Metropolitan, wrestled to perfection on their second full-length recording, “Down For You Is Up.” The follow-up to 1999’s “Side Effects” finds the band in revitalized trio mode, connecting the dots between the fiery, T.Moore-esque guitar work of John Masters, the fluidly unpredictable bass tones of Shyam Telikicherla, and the bounding drum-slaps of kit-master Saadat Awan. Hypnotically mixing curving hooks, sliding chords, untamed basement-jam energy, and tightrope-walking precision, “Down For You Is Up” is a mesmerizing mind-trip through tunnels previously carved by master-diggers like the Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Spacemen 3, Pavement, and Yo La Tengo.

Recorded in the hallowed chambers of Inner Ear Studios, where the walls are papered with the classic albums forged there by legends like Fugazi, Half Japanese, and the Nation of Ulysses, “Down For You Is Up” shakes with the echoes of history’s best melodic fuzz, darting quickly from the thick hookery of “Westmoreland,” to the tabla-rain of “Girl from Montpelier,” to the raw riff-stomp of “You Want It,” to the tumbling bounce of “Wet Cigarette.” Every head-infesting tune here is bursting with off-hand melodies, up-down percussions, and homemade sound-sketches, all wrapped in a bracing sonic envelope courtesy of primo producer Chad Clark (Fugazi, Dismemberment Plan, Beauty Pill).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for any Indie fan, May 23, 2002

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Marcel Crudele "Maven Maven" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Down For You Is Up (Audio CD)

Great, raw, garage Indie music. This album has an almost urgent, lo-fi quality with a guitar sound ranging from early 90's Sonic Youth (Bright Side) to J. Mascis-like riffs (You Want It) tied together with what sounds like Pavement, Velvet Underground, and early Jesus and Mary Chain influences. Back that up with solid, driving drum beats and surprising bass lines and you have an impressive result.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool record!, June 6, 2002

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"noodle1980" (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Down For You Is Up (Audio CD)

I picked this up on recommendation from the Hives page. It's really good. It's a pretty rockin record and alot more varied than I expected. The first track's got a great catchy hook going. It fits well among the hives, the white stripes and the strokes thing that's going on, but doesn't really sound like any one of them. There are these really short little instrumentals on it that were cool at first but feel like speed bumps to the full songs after awhile. But that's what the track forward button is for! Overall, it's a good one.