Hold on Too Tight [CD]

Schooner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 7, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: CD
• Label: 54-40 Or Fight
• ASIN: B000QXP1JQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #690,755 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Carrboro

2. Pray for You to Die

3. There's Enough to Do

4. Tears in Your Eyes

5. Leaving Your Room

6. Married

7. They Always Do!

8. I Would Tell You That I'm Stuck

9. End of Time

10. Ominous Bird

11. Hospital Floor

12. Strange Alibis

13. Alston Ave.

14. Ladybug

Editorial Reviews

The music is equal parts fresh and familiar, urgent and languorous, morose and frenzied. The four-track, lo-fi quality of the early songs hasn't been sacrificed to studio wizardry, evoking immediate parallels to Guided by Voices; but there's also a gritty, fuzzy anti-pop flair that recalls Archers of Loaf and My Bloody Valentine, in addition to the debonair brooding of The Smiths." - excerpt from Copper Press article " If you don't already know Schooner's music, you're missing out on not only a great N.C. band, but a poetically inclined buffet of pop perfection." - The Wilmington Star

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Blurb, February 10, 2011

By 

Robert Parducci "legend-nyc" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hold on Too Tight (Audio CD)

From CD sticker: "The four-track lo-fi quality of the early songs hasn't been sacrificed to stuio wizardry, evoking immediate parallels to Guided By Voices; but there's also a gritty, fuzzy anti-pop flair that recalls Archers of Loaf and My Bloody Valentine, in addition to the debonair brooding of The Smiths" - Copper Press

"If you don't already know Schooner's music, you're missing out on not only a great N.C. band, but a poetically inclined buffet of pop perfection." - The Wilmington Star

RIYL: Guided by Voices, Wilco, Sun Kill Moon, John Vanderslice, The Beach Boys

5.0 out of 5 stars Every now and again...., May 26, 2010

By 

Dan L. Manes "Happy,clappy music person" (United States; Cleveland , Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hold on Too Tight (Audio CD)

An album comes along and baffles you as to how good it ends up being all the way through. Such is the case with the album by Schooner. Not a lot of reviews were out and about on this band prior to my grabbing this album, so i just went on a whim and i'm glad i did! You've got elements of Americana, Wilco-esque pop and just solid writing all throughout the album. From what i can tell, this band isn't all that super popular and it is a shame because based on their talent, they are well worth your ears to give a listen.