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THE BEATINGS
Italiano
FEB 2002 | 59:19 | Full-length CD
TRACK LISTING
01. 2000
02. Twins
03. How Many Times Can You Say Goodbye to the Same Person?
04. Nothing
05. Fucking
06. The Art of Leaving
07. I Don't Know the Truth (But I've Memorized the Rumors)
08. New Destroyer
09. Gratis & Keiber
10. Opportunity Crisis
11. Stock Car Driver's Lament
12. Two Steps Back
13. Addicted to Freaks
14. Refueling Vehicles
15. Art of Leaving ii
16. Heavy Metal
17. Bloated and Disabled
Recorded at Small Church, New Alliance, and Dented Head Studios.
Mastered by Jay Cannava.
REVIEWS
"Definitely one of the best CDs I got to hear in a while. I heard these guys and girl on Boston's
89.3 on the way to work and forgot the named of the band. Needless to say, I hear this rocking-out
song ("Twins")with this repeating guitar squelching noise, and I was more than psyched. The song
has that catchiness accompanied by an embracing noise, sort of like Husker Du or Superchunk. That
song alone has the ability to make you just go and grab your (air or otherwise) and jam along, and
it only gets better from there. "New Destroyer" is a truly depressing song, but you can't help but
bob your head to it. "Addicted to Freaks" brings the rock back with a great singing/screaming duet.
Musically, The Beatings change direction multiple times, but there's a real sense of character to
the music that keeps welcoming you back. You can call it "postpunk", you can call it "aggro, indie
rock", hell, call it whatever you want. Just make sure the word "great" is in there. Italiano is a
keeper."
--- Dana Morse, Punk Planet
"At its highest level, rock and roll has a visceral energy matched by intellectual prowess. This is
rock as art and not just fun. The Beatings, a four-piece band that calls both Brooklyn and Boston
home, seems to hit this highest standard on its recently released CD "Italiano." Hard-rocking it
has less in common with today's indie bands than it does with groups like Husker Du and the Ass
Ponys. Which means it's a band that seems unconcerned with trying to fit into a certain niche and
focuses instead on creating a riveting, propulsive and ever-changing sound."
---Joe Heim, the
Washington Post
"Italiano is their best effort yet, and leaves no question as to whether the future looks bright
for this Boston four-piece --- it could be blinding. Request "Heavy Metal" --- it'll knock your
socks off."
---Ken Switzer, the Village Voice
