Falling Off the Sky
*Falling Off the Sky* is the first dB\'s album to feature Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, and Will Rigby in one place since the early-\'80s days of *Stands for deciBels* and *Repercussion*. The North Carolina–to–NYC band was a key influence on the emerging alt-rock scene (Holsapple eventually played with R.E.M.), and the two songwriters, Holsapple and Stamey, teamed up for two solid albums. Here, the group\'s longtime associates Scott Litt and Mitch Easter join the production team. But the years have made The dB\'s different people and, therefore, a different band. Drummer Will Rigby receives his first songwriting credit on a dB\'s album with the power-pop number \"Write Back.\" Stamey still writes dreamy ballads. \"Far Away and Long Ago,\" with cello, is one for the ages. \"Send Me Something Real\" balances his interests in \'60s psychedelia and \'70s new wave. Holsapple\'s \"She Won\'t Drive in the Rain Anymore\" features a writer capable of engrossing narratives within the context of a *five*-minute pop song.
On their first album in almost 20 years, the N.C. quartet invoke their R.E.M. and Alex Chilton-associated heyday and acknowledge they'll never be young again. Rather than simply reliving past glories, Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, and co. are trying to create new ones.
On their first album in almost 20 years, the N.C. quartet invoke their R.E.M. and Alex Chilton-associated heyday and acknowledge they'll never be young again. Rather than simply reliving past glories, Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, and co. are trying to create new ones.
In terms of the grand musical historiography, a dB’s resurgence is around par with that Feelies reunion in terms of pure…
In terms of the grand musical historiography, a dB’s resurgence is around par with that Feelies reunion in terms of pure…
Nineteen-eighties jangle lost its godfather with the retirement of R.E.M. in 2011, but it regained a venerable distant cousin to the Athens, GA greats with the reunion of The dB's.
Nineteen-eighties jangle lost its godfather with the retirement of R.E.M. in 2011, but it regained a venerable distant cousin to the Athens, GA greats with the reunion of The dB's.