Almost Free Releases “Don’t Bother Me Now (Adultescent)” Mp3

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Almost Free Releases “Don’t Bother Me Now (Adultescent)” Mp3

DETROIT (May 16, 2011) — “Don’t bother me now, ‘cause I don’t wanna leave,” Almost Free’s Andy Bird cries on their latest mp3 release, “Don’t Bother Me Now (Adultescent)”. The song, propelled by fast, driving guitar, alternative rock vocal delivery and a ticking-time-bomb pace set by Garren Stevens’ drums perfectly captures that in-between state of “adultescence”. Says Bird, “The subtitle to this song, ‘Adultescent’, is an interesting word that seems to epitomize my (and hopefully many others) current state - too old to be a kid, but unwilling to abandon the pleasures of youth.” “Don’t Bother Me Now (Adultescent)” is available on the trio’s latest EP, In/Out (out June 7) or for download at http://glgpub.com/file_download/83/Almost-Free_Really-Don....

“The lyrics serve as a kind of modern psychomachia, with the verses representing the perspective of the super-ego (soul) and the choruses representing the perspective of the id (flesh),” says Bird. This back and forth is evident in the music as well, with the choruses more grunged-up than the more driving verses. The result is not only an astute comment on a postmodern dilemma, but a hell of a pop song to boot.

Detroit-based Almost Free took the lemons of life in the ‘burbs and made the lemonade of their nervy rock sound that feels like a cross between The Smiths and Bloc Party. The trio’s latest EP In/Out, which is full of grungy guitars, progressive hooks and upbeat drumming, comes out this June.

Almost Free’s songs cover a range of topics. Lyricist Bird says, “Some of the topics I have fixated on lyrically are apathy, nostalgia, neuroticism, anti-religious sentiment, sex, death, ignorance, and (albeit infrequently) love.” At the core of the band and its name is the idea that your perspective changes your experience. Bird puts it best, “The pursuit of happiness is a perpetual endeavor. How can we be free if we are always chasing an intangible and subjective state of mind? Almost Free is thus a de facto state of existence.” They recorded In/Out at Rock City Studio in Ann Arbor, which houses a historic sound board that has been used to record artists such as Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and Parliament Funkadelic. Bring together that era’s vintage equipment and the 90s alternative sound the trio fell in love with in their early years and you get songs like “Really Don’t Know (About You)”. The track brims with a compelling energy that showcases dueling guitar rhythms and pulsating drums, while Bird’s vocals sway from a 80s inspired swoon to the alternative rock bravado they grew up loving.



Praise for Almost Free

On "Really Don't Know About You": "The introduction’s music haunts the rest of the song. Meanwhile, the melody in the verse then turns around and features downward leaps, while likewise touching most of the notes in the scale before it’s done—usually the sign of savvy songwriting....When we get to the aforementioned chorus, the song solidifies and expands and—this is the real trick to listen carefully for—marries five decades’ worth of influences into a hook casual enough to have been born in a ’60s garage yet grand enough to stand with any new wave or post-punk anthem. Here is a song, furthermore, informed by the Smiths’ seminal ’80s work as well as by the ’90s britpop that followed, even as it keeps wanting to sound like something from 1977…except for all that 21st-century guitar work and scronky noise. All in all what’s happening here is enough to blow a Pandora algorithm’s mind (if only a Pandora algorithm had a mind). I like." —Fingertips Music

"When the sunshine of pop over-scorches the trouncing crescendos and angular riffs of post punk, when the keyed-up pop sensibility just sweeps up the otherwise daydreamy-grooves and dreamy synth glistening of new-wave, crashing it all together and carrying it forth into unabashed anthems, that quicken pulses and set heads bobbing and feet stomping - you get Almost Free - a Detroit trio that's been honing that popped-out brio and bluster for their new EP In/Out. Almost Free's sound is certainly got a glisten to it...grittier grooving new-wave basslines blend with a tightly wound space-rock aesthetic ('Don't Bother Me Now') or the instantaneous hooks and mellifluous balladeer belting atop gushed-and-almost-rushed guitars and synths ('Really Don't Know About You')"    —Deep Cutz

"As an unsigned band, [Almost Free] self-produced their 2009 release Modern Mistakes, a collection of edgy tracks that could have quite easily hit the New Wave charts in the early 80s.  The group returns in 2011 with the In/Out EP, a set of four catchy and infectious indie pop songs featuring lyrics that focus on topics such as 'apathy, nostalgia, neuroticism, anti-religious sentiment, sex, death, ignorance, and (albeit infrequently) love.'" —Blogcritics

"The Detroit trio's jittery alt pop owes it's very existence to the anthemic indie pioneers of the early 80s. Their new single 'Really Don't Know (About You)' reminds me of the soaring post punk power pop of the unfairly underrated Icicle Works a band for whom a revival is long overdue." —The Devil Has The Best Tuna

"New wave-inspired laptop pop played (largely) on 'real' instruments. I like the combination of sounds and the dreamy song construction. Makes me think I'd like to hear a full-length." —Aiding & Abetting

"On first listen I nearly dismissed this Almost Free track as being too conventional for my tastes, but 'Really Don’t Know About You' had enough charm to work its way into my playlist. There’s an enthusiasm here that goes a long way in its favor." —BIYL

"…Almost Free sounds most like the Killers, presumably because they share many of the same influences.…The band does have…a barrelful of excellent songs, beautifully constructed and magnificently executed." —Brett Callwood, Metro Times

"…it will only take you only sixty seconds to realize that principle songwriter Andy Bird (vocals, guitar) is an extremely talented individual.…Ten blissful tracks revolve around relevant 21 century disillusions that engulf the everyday man.…Even though musical comparisons alluding to The Killers or Radiohead can be made across the spectrum, this album holds its own as a fresh and clean take on tried and true modern rock sound.…Makes me want to dust of my collection of Glen Philips recordings."  —Motor City Rocks

"While difficult to pin to a genre beneath the umbrella term "indie," the album contains plenty of radio-friendly pop elements (hyper and thickened post-punk rhythms pad impressively pedaled, effects-loaded guitar work escorted by Strokes-like vocal stylings and production) reflecting a wide range of influence." —Jonathan A. Berz, Real Detroit Weekly

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