#27 Seller of 2005! Chin Up Chin Up's disarmingly resonant debut album We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers is ready to carry you through autumn and beyond. It's an album that proves that sentimental pop songs don't have to be cloying or trite. Meticulously layered with solid drums, keyboards, and warm guitar, these ten songs will wrap themselves around your mind and stay there all day. Chin Up Chin Up makes music about hope, about persevering through tragedy, and the redemption of opt   [ read more ]

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The Midwest can be an unforgiving place. The winters are freezing, the summers are humid, and it's easy to feel landlocked by the vastness of earth in every direction. Chicago's Chin Up Chin Up (think optimism, not exercise) have successfully embodied that feeling with their second full-length; yet as bleak as things may appear, there's a pervasive feeling of hope inherent in the band's brand of avant pop which stretches further than the Windy City's skyline. Tragically, original bassist Chris Saathoff was    [ read more ]

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REISSUE. This self-titled EP has all the original songs plus new artwork and some extra remixes from the ...Skyscrapers full-length. TRACKLIST:1 "Collide the Tide" / 2 "Fuck You, Elton John" / 3 "For All the Tanning Salons in Texas" / 4 "The Soccer Mom Gets Her Fix" / 5 "I'm Not Asking for a Tennis Bracelet" / 6 "Pillage the Village" / 7 "We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers" [Stephen Snydacker Mix] / 8 "Falconz and Vulcanz" [Acoustic Relapse] / 9 "The Architect Has a Gun" [Ronald Simm   [ read more ]

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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of This Harness Can't Ride Anything and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. The Midwest can be an unforgiving place. The winters are freezing, the summers are humid, and it's easy to feel landlocked by the vastness of earth in every direction. Chicago's Chin Up Chin Up (think optimism, not exercise) have successfully embodied that feeling with their second full-length; yet as bleak as    [ read more ]

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The Midwest can be an unforgiving place. The winters are freezing, the summers are humid, and it's easy to feel landlocked by the vastness of earth in every direction. Chicago's Chin Up Chin Up (think optimism, not exercise) have successfully embodied that feeling with their second full-length; yet as bleak as things may appear, there's a pervasive feeling of hope inherent in the band's brand of avant pop which stretches further than the Windy City's skyline. Tragically, original bassist Chris Saathoff was    [ read more ]

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#27 Seller of 2005! Chin Up Chin Up's disarmingly resonant debut album We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers is ready to carry you through autumn and beyond. It's an album that proves that sentimental pop songs don't have to be cloying or trite. Meticulously layered with solid drums, keyboards, and warm guitar, these ten songs will wrap themselves around your mind and stay there all day. Chin Up Chin Up makes music about hope, about persevering through tragedy, and the redemption of opt   [ read more ]

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Jeremy Bolen, formerly of Punjab and Hertzsprung Gap, formed Chin Up Chin Up with Nathan Snydacker of Nymb in early fall 2001. It was their mission to create a new Chicago sound, one that is melodically rich and textural, combining linear pop songs with non-traditional instrumentation. Together with Chris Dye on drums and Chris Saathoff on bass, they began writing songs that convey a sentimental feeling akin to an '80s John Hughes movie soundtrack, but with a contemporary sound. Chin Up Chin Up spent eight    [ read more ]

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