Title: Wagonwheel Blues Artist: The War on Drugs Label: Secretly Canadian Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 656605016719 Genre: Indie Rock/Pop Release Date: 2008-06-17 Number of Discs: 1
Their songs recall the 80s guitar army of Sonic Youth with the captivating lyrics and vocal styling’s of Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen. Walls of guitar - acoustic, electric, twelve string - douse each track of this debut, threatening to cast the band into space rock territory, but the melodies and immediately identifiable lyrics keep these songs grounded. It's one of those albums that each of US holds onto tightly. They get moved from apartment to apartment through the years; they're songs on the radio that follow US from town to town. They evoke waves of nostalgia and grow more poignant with each new bump along the road.
Tracks: 1.1 Arms Like Boulders 1.2 Taking the Farm 1.3 Coast Reprise 1.4 Buenos Aires Beach 1.5 There Is No Urgency 1.6 Needle in Your Eye #16 1.7 Reverse the Charges 1.8 Show Me the Coast 1.9 Barrel of Batteries
