Split [EP]

Mike Felumlee, Daniel Andriano | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 29, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Double Zero
• ASIN: B00006RIPM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,379 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff, February 15, 2003

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Brian M Lewis (Lynchburg, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Split (Audio CD)

I have always been on the fence in the Andriano/Skiba debate as to the real talent behind the A-trio. After listening to this CD, Dan has gained much ground. He is the soul to Skiba's dark pop, and I will have it no other way. They are the perfect team.

Dan's 3 tracks on this CD are fantastic. Any fan of the A-trio will like his contributions to the CD. The surprise for me was that Mike Flumlee songs were so good.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ., December 21, 2002

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Scott Heisel (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Split (Audio CD)

Well, it was only a matter of time that the other 2/3s of the Alkaline Trio did split CDs, as Matt Skiba's split with Kevin Seconds came out on Asian Man a month ago. Little did anyone suspect that former Trio drummer Mike Felumlee would be doing a split *with* Trio bassist Dan Andriano - apparently the bad blood within the band is contained between Mike and Matt [so the rumor goes]. But anyways, enough drama, onto the music:

Mike and Dan each contribute three "solo" songs, but whereas on Skiba's split he played all instruments, Mike and Dan share responsibilities. Eli Caterer [of Smoking Popes/Duvall fame] backs up Mike on his three cuts, the slow "Something Better" [this could've been heard on "My So Called Life" back in the mid-nineties], the punkish "Sunshine" [a harkoning back to Mike's Smoking Popes days if I ever heard one], and "As Long As We're Here" [the best drummer-penned ballad since KISS's "Beth"]. Felumlee's contributions to this split are lightyears ahead of his solo album that came out earlier this year, as it seems like both his songwriting chops and his musical abilities have advanced plenty. One thumb up to to Mike's half of the split, now on to Danny's contributions.

Dan's three songs, all backed by former Slapstick and Tuesday bandmate Rob Kellenberger on drums, kick off with "Way Too Many," a slow, Tuesday-esque diddy which Andriano croons his way through. The harmonized chorus of "Woooooooooooah" is just killer, and shows me who the real singing talent is in the Alkaline Trio. This song is the spicy jam of the CD thus far. Next up is "Lucky Smoke Rings," which is also very Tuesday-esque [sensing a pattern here?], and, while slower and simpler musically than I would like, it's still a good track and helps prove Andriano as someone who could theoretically go on a successful solo career [unlike Skiba's mediocre contributions to his split CD]. The CD finishes up with Dan and Rob re-doing Tuesday's "Let The Stars Play" [hell, he wrote it, I guess he can do whatever he wants] and speeding the hell out of it. This song sounds great on the "Freewheelin'" LP as a slow acoustic waltz, but it sounds even better as a less-than-2-minute romp though all the ideas in Danny's emotional-pop-punk bag of tricks. It ends the EP on a bang, and proves to me that Dan's songwriting abilites have yet to fade.

All in all, this is an EP documenting two of Chicago's most well-known musicians, and is most definitely worth your hard earned cash [for the Tuesday cover alone, if nothing else].

5.0 out of 5 stars pretty damn good, June 1, 2004

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J. Thompson (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Split (Audio CD)

First off I'd like to say that Dan's songs are awesome on this cd. It's different from the stuff he's done with Alkaline Trio. I love Alkaline Trio, and I think it's really cool that Matt and Dan can still do their own things on the side. Mike's songs were very good too but Dan really out shines him on this album. If you're a fan of Alkaline Trio you should definatly check this out.