"As of February 10, 2009, Paste Magazine will be offering the new Damnwells record, One Last Century, for free download from their website. Go to www.pastemagazine.com/thedamnwells and download the record for free.
A few words regarding this free record.
I suppose the hardest thing to explain to people is why I’m giving this record away. “You’re just going to give it away?” seems antithetical to the human brain. “Is this just a bunch of b-sides or something? Some ‘give away’ material you don’t mind releasing into the ether?” No. Quite the contrary. I have never worked so hard or put so much of myself into a collection of recorded songs. It is for just this reason that I want to give it away. To me it makes perfect sense. I just want people to hear this music, and I don’t want them to have to enter into some kind of contractual agreement with a third party to do so. Download the record, copy it and give it to your friends, lovers, and enemies. Whatever. It’s so hard these days just to get the actual music into people’s houses and cars, let alone their ears. Besides, I know everyone’s broke, maybe I can supply the soundtrack. So, I just want to give this music away because I want people to hear it. I should have done this years ago. I’m starting over.
Enjoy, Alex Dezen"
BMF: Wow - a FREE record from a marvelous band! This is becoming more and more common (yeah!), so the questions that now emerge are: is it worth my time and is it worth taking up space on my hard drive? In the case of The Damnwells, the answer to both of these questions is an enthusiastic YES! For those not aware, The Damnwells are rapidly rising as the premier acoustic-based rock band. Fans of artists like The Jayhawks and Wilco are going to fall in love with The Damnwells. "One Last Century" is full of timeless, easy-going jangle pop and folk rock that is both melodic and lyrically engaging.
iPOD-worthy: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8
The Damnwells on MySpace. Official site.
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