Logic Will Break Your Heart

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With pretty synth lines; chiming, chugging guitar riffs; the right influences for a rock band, circa 2003 (the Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Cure , New Order, Radiohead, U2, Chameleons) and another sexy singer with a melodramatic, soaring tenor, this well-hyped Montreal band could very easily be another lame Interpol cover band. But the Stills are far more than the sum of their influences; they've actually recorded one of the best debuts of 2003. The first clue that this band is for real lies in their songcraft--hear the soaring "Lola Stars and Stripes" once and you want to hear it again. Hear it again, and it's stuck in your head all day. Check out the words ("We all need to feel secure, we're so middle class/ But I'm still waiting for next week's chemical blast") and you realize Logic deals with topical issues, such as the aftermath of 9/11, in a way that's neither cheesy nor histrionic. It's definitely ironic in parts--they've stolen the title for their moody "Let's Roll" from Neil Young's ill-fated tune of the same name, for instance. But this is still soaring, meaningful pop music. --Mike McGonigal

Product Description
This Montreal four-piece creates a majestic wall of sound through ghostly, swirling pop with haunting melodies, artfully crafted songwriting, and sonic guitar explorations. Featured in Rolling Stone and MTV's Ten Artists To Watch In 2003.

Logic Will Break Your Heart

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Logic Will Break Your Heart

Average customer rating: Indie popsters find niche in familiar post punk guitar pop and if the first song doesn't get you ... One of the best debut albums. One of the best cds I've heard, EVER Why can't this last forever?

Logic Will Break Your Heart The Stills Manufacturer: Vice / Atlantic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid Stellastarr* Set Yourself on Fire The Black Magic Show Some Cities ASIN: B0000D9PI4 Release Date: 2006-04-24

Tracks:

1. Lola Stars And Stripes
2. Gender Bombs
3. Changes Are No Good
4. Love & Death
5. Of Montreal
6. Ready For It
7. Let's Roll
8. Allison Krausse
9. Animals + Insects
10. Still In Love Song
11. Fevered
12. Yesterday Never Tomorrows

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With pretty synth lines; chiming, chugging guitar riffs; the right influences for a rock band, circa 2003 (the Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Cure , New Order, Radiohead, U2, Chameleons) and another sexy singer with a melodramatic, soaring tenor, this well-hyped Montreal band could very easily be another lame Interpol cover band. But the Stills are far more than the sum of their influences; they've actually recorded one of the best debuts of 2003. The first clue that this band is for real lies in their songcraft--hear the soaring "Lola Stars and Stripes" once and you want to hear it again. Hear it again, and it's stuck in your head all day. Check out the words ("We all need to feel secure, we're so middle class/ But I'm still waiting for next week's chemical blast") and you realize Logic deals with topical issues, such as the aftermath of 9/11, in a way that's neither cheesy nor histrionic. It's definitely ironic in parts--they've stolen the title for their moody "Let's Roll" from Neil Young's ill-fated tune of the same name, for instance. But this is still soaring, meaningful pop music. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

This Montreal four-piece creates a majestic wall of sound through ghostly, swirling pop with haunting melodies, artfully crafted songwriting, and sonic guitar explorations. Featured in Rolling Stone and MTV's Ten Artists To Watch In 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Indie popsters find niche in familiar post punk guitar pop.......2007-01-26

The Stills are a Montreal indie rock band who write expertly woven melodies crafted in the familiar niche of swirly-80s-post-punksters like Echo & The Bunnymen or The Church, but add a unique neo-vibe which finds them comfortable next to say, Interpol or Bloc Party. This is their best release by far, every song heart-wrenchingly wrought forward with layered guitars and superb lyrics. If you like a comfortable mix of brit pop influence, a dash of romanticism and depression, finely crafted into guitar heavy pulsating riffs, then this is for you! Fans of The Walkmen rejoice--this is the better purchase of the two~this LP is packed full of college radio singles, including "Gender Bombs" and "Changes Are No Good."

and if the first song doesn't get you ..........2007-01-12

I'll have to nominate "Lola Stars and Stripes" as one of the best first song. The great tearing riff over delay pedal cuts you into submission for the sweet songs later in the album. Amazing tones, wide soaring tracks and simple melodies. Great Canadian album from both Montreal ... both The Stills and Vice Recordings ...

One of the best debut albums........2006-11-03

The Stills set the bar high for themselves with their first full-length album, Logic Will Break Your Heart. Every song on it is amazing, and continues to be one of my favourite albums.

The Stills write very creative, smart rock songs that sound good no matter when you're listening. Most of the songs have a retro-rock feel, and the guitars play an extremely prevalent part in the album. Definite favourite tracks are "Lola Stars and Stripes," "Allison Krausse," "Of Montreal," and "Yesterday Never Tomorrows."

I recommend this album to everyone, but particularly those who are fans of The Walkmen, The Shins, and Interpol.

One of the best cds I've heard, EVER.......2006-08-26

This is one of those go-to cds I keep loaded on the I-Pod and on the I-Pod in the car. The album is awesome. I listen to it whenever I really want to hear the Stills or when I don't know what I feel like listening to, I put the Stills on and it gets me going and I am immediately into it. Seriously, most of the songs on this cd I have loaded on my I-tunes and they are all rated 5 stars. The Stills aren't crazy sex-drugs-rock and roll music makers- they are steady, tongue in cheek, brainy rockers. (if that makes sense.) They are a great band, and they have a good singer, and interesting lyrics. I love all the songs on this album and because of that I refuse to pick a favorite. It's great travel music, party music, get-ready music, chill out music. There are some slower songs as well. They aren't slow in a sissy kind of way, but in a "mysterious dude in a rock band" kind of way. I guess that's what it is- mystery rock. And it's so good I've been listening to this cd for a couple of years. Yeah...it's THAT good!
If you don't buy the whole cd, at least go to I-tunes and get "Changes are no good", "Love and Death" and "Lola Stars and Stripes". Chances are you will go back and buy the rest of the cd. But ff you still don't like the Stills, well... you're only out three bucks. I mean, what is that- a bag of chips and a Coke??

Why can't this last forever?.......2006-08-08

First of all, to the reviewer who compared The Stills to The Shins: What? They aren't in any way similar enough to be compared except for the `The' in their names. The Shins are amazing in their own right, but moving on...

It's hard to believe that this is The Stills debut album. Most bands would be lucky to EVER have an album this good in their collection, but right off the bat? Damn. Logic Will Break Your Heart is one of those rare masterpieces of modern alternative rock that actually almost defines the genre. Some may think that Interpol has done it better or maybe they did it first, but to tell you the truth, I don't really know or care. The Stills deserve the credit for an astonishing, flawless album of their own without the comparisons.

Logic starts out with a bang. "Lola Stars and Stripes" comes on and knocks the indifferent stare right off your face with powerful cymbal-driven percussion and a guitar riff that sounds like climbing a really steep flight of stairs (Nice analogy, right? Hey, I never said I was an instrument buff). With timely and timeless lyrics that are equally apathetic as well as heartbreakingly honest, "Lola" manages to stray far enough away from a political commentary to actually say something genuine about humanity.

There is no doubt that "Lola" is a showstopper, but she never puts the rest of the album to shame. As many of the reviewers here have said, this is a no-skip album with thankfully no fillers. I hate fillers. "Gender Bombs" is the perfect song to be second; in some ways it rivals "Lola" as the best song on the album. It is my personal favorite; about 25 seconds in to the song, when the lead guitar kicks in, I'm instantly hooked. By the end, I find myself either muttering, `massive suiciiiiide...' or `the girl will school you' continuously until someone tells me to shut up or calls a suicide hotline...whatever comes first.

"Of Montreal" combines some of the musical elements of "Lola" and "Gender Bombs", but is a plaintive, intense song with heavy reliance on Tim Fletcher's anguished-sounding moans and cries. If you can't decide whether you love or hate his voice, this song might make the decision for you. "Allison Krausse" fades in quietly and then builds with a more distorted vocal and some killer guitar that meshes perfectly with Fletcher's brooding voice. Listen to "Animals & Insects" and the simple words `Oh my god' will somehow encompass every last feeling of inertia and nothingness you've ever felt.

The Stills have managed to channel apathy and angst into music that is not cliché or whiny. It remains hopeful instead of defeatist, multifaceted instead of one-dimensional, and enduring rather than tiresome after repeated listens. The Stills seem like they don't try to be profound, but it just happens accidentally. Or does it? Their highly divisive, drastically different second album, Without Feathers, questions that very notion. Stroke of genuis or the first signs of mental instability? I know what I think, but I'll let you be the judge on that one.

Anyway, Logic Will Break Your Heart is a good one. Trust me, whatever led you to this album, whether it was linked to another CD or someone recommended it, it happened for a good reason. You need to own this one.

Average customer rating:

Logic Will Break Your Heart Stills Manufacturer: Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000223MPG Release Date: 2004-07-05

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track

Average customer rating:

Logic Will Break Your Heart Stills Manufacturer: Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000228V5C Release Date: 2004-07-05

Tracks:

1. Lola Stars And Stripes
2. Gender Bombs
3. Changes Are No Good
4. Love And Death
5. Of Montreal
6. Ready For It
7. Let's Roll
8. Allison Krausse
9. Animals And Insects
10. Still In Love Song
11. Fevered
12. Yesterday Never Tomorrow
13. Killer Bees (Bonus Track)

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track

Average customer rating:

Logic Will Break Your Heart Stills ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00077F4KM Release Date: 2004-06-29

Album Description

Japanese limited edition pressing of the Canadian indie rock act's 2003 album includes one bonus track. Details TBA. Atlantic. 2004.

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