| 词条 | Close Counts |
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| name = Close Counts | type = studio | artist = The Brixton Riot | cover = Close Counts (album).jpg | alt = | released = 6 October 2017 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Magpie Cage | genre = Alternative rock, indie rock | length = 36:15 | label = Mint 400 Records | producer = J. Robbins | prev_title = Palace Amusements | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = | next_year = }} Close Counts is the second studio album by the American rock band the Brixton Riot. ContentThe eleven-track album was digitally released with Mint 400 Records on 6 October 2017, and self-released on compact disc. The basic tracks were recorded live on tape in twenty hours, over a course of two days, and it was engineered by J. Robbins at his Baltimore-based studio, Magpie Cage.{{sfn|Pirate! Staff|2017}} Robbins also provides backing vocals on the opening track, "Can't Stop Now." The band explains "we spent a lot of time getting the arrangements and parts finalized before recording[;] we recorded an entire "demo version" of the record before we went into the studio."{{sfn|Bodkin|2017}} The album is described as a blend of power pop and alt rock, and it draws comparison to the music of Superdrag, Sugar, Big Star and Teenage Fanclub.{{sfn|Pirate! Staff|2017}} The song "Little Sparks" predates their first release Sudden Fiction.{{sfn|Bodkin|2017}} The record release party was held at Asbury Yacht Club with Dentist and the Rock N Roll Hi Fives, and hosted by CoolDad Music.{{sfn|Makin|2017}} The lead track "Can't Stop Now" appears on the 2018 Mint 400 Records compilation album, NJ / NY Mixtape. ReceptionDagger calls the album "straight ahead tunes with punchy guitars," noting "Jerry Lardieri has a smooth croon."{{sfn|Hinely|2017}} Bob Makin in Institute for Nonprofit News calls out two of the tracks, "The Ballad of Pete Best" and "Little Spark" as "exceptional nuggets." He describes "Little Spark" as a "love song for vinyl junkies in the spirit of "Left of the Dial," adding that the song boasts "a Jam/Style Council-like Motown-inspired bassline from the effortlessly talented Steve Hass; the tune also sports one of the best verses this year by a local band."{{sfn|Makin|2017}} The album was ranked No. 9 by Makin in The Aquarian Weekly{{'}}s Top Albums of 2017.{{sfn|The Aquarian Weekly Staff|2017}} A review by James Damion in Jersey Beat says "it's go-time the moment the bass line meets up with the opening guitar riff meet on the album's opening track "Can't Stop Now;" one can't help but rejoice in its statement of purpose and declaration of being," adding that "there's a sense of warmth that seems to wrap itself around every Brixton Riot song."{{sfn|Damion|2017}} Track listing{{tracklisting|total_length = 36:15 |title1 = Can't Stop Now |length1 = 4:04 |title2 = Slow Evolution |length2 = 2:58 |title3 = Easier Said Than Done |length3 = 2:51 |title4 = Hector Quasar |length4 = 3:07 |title5 = The Ballad of Pete Best |length5 = 3:23 |title6 = Caroline |length6 = 3:47 |title7 = Maybe Tomorrow |length7 = 2:16 |title8 = Little Spark |length8 = 4:17 |title9 = Move On |length9 = 2:39 |title10 = Talk About Nothing |length10 = 3:20 |title11 = Surrender to the Void |length11 = 3:33 }} Personnel
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