2nd Grade – Scheduled Explosions (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:47 minutes | 733 MB | Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Power Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Double Double Whammy
“Instant Nostalgia,” a song from 2nd Grade’s latest LP, Scheduled Explosions, opens at the scene of a catastrophe instigated by its narrator. Despite the looming threat of federal time and the urgent need for a cleanup crew, the prevailing vibe is chipper, riding high on handclaps and Byrdsian riffs. We don’t stick around long enough to solve the crime, though one can deduce that a detonation has littered the ground with full-size candy bars. “The shock treatment has shock value,” coos frontman Peter Gill, repeating the song’s title in multi-tracked vocal harmony. In the world he’s dreamed up for the Philadelphia band’s third full-length, reminiscence is not just a comfortable retreat. The Cold War-era aesthetics from which the group has long drawn influence, like saccharine 1960s power-pop and the Southern college rock of the Reagan administration, harbor an undercurrent of nuclear paranoia.
Tracklist:
1-01. 2nd Grade – Live From Missile Command (01:40)
1-02. 2nd Grade – Triple Bypass In B-Flat (02:14)
1-03. 2nd Grade – Uncontrollably Cool (01:38)
1-04. 2nd Grade – Out Of The Hive (01:45)
1-05. 2nd Grade – Fashion Disease (01:48)
1-06. 2nd Grade – Joan On Ice (01:24)
1-07. 2nd Grade – Crybaby Semiconductor (00:51)
1-08. 2nd Grade – Ice Cream Social Acid Test (01:55)
1-09. 2nd Grade – Instant Nostalgia (01:42)
1-10. 2nd Grade – Like Otis Redding (01:05)
1-11. 2nd Grade – Airlift (01:58)
1-12. 2nd Grade – King Of Marvin Gardens (01:15)
1-13. 2nd Grade – Made Up My Own Mind (02:39)
1-14. 2nd Grade – No Fly Zone (01:57)
1-15. 2nd Grade – All About You (01:07)
1-16. 2nd Grade – Evil Things (01:21)
1-17. 2nd Grade – Bureau Of Autumn Sorrows (01:47)
1-18. 2nd Grade – Like A Wild Thing (02:08)
1-19. 2nd Grade – American Rhythm (02:23)
1-20. 2nd Grade – Jingle Jangle Nuclear Meltdown (00:33)
1-21. 2nd Grade – Sophomores In The Wild (01:09)
1-22. 2nd Grade – 68 Comeback (01:52)
1-23. 2nd Grade – I Wanna Be On Your Mind (02:28)
