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Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies
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Date9 Oct 2015
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Venueindigo at The O2
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AvailabilityOn sale now
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Support from Colin Hay
"I think it would be fair to say if the band was collectively known as Stella, then this record would indicate the reality that Stella had indeed got her groove back." states Ed Robertson of Toronto's Barenaked Ladies. After 27 years together, over 14 million albums sold, multiple Juno Awards, and Grammy nominations, "Silverball," the cerebral band's fourteenth album finds the long-standing partnership of Ed Robertson (guitar, vocals), Jim Creeggan (bass, vocals), Kevin Hearn (keyboard, guitar, vocals) and Tyler Stewart (drums, vocals) firing on all cylinders.
The album's graying protagonist is battered and bruised by life, but as the opening song, "Get Back Up," indicates, he keeps lifting himself off the campus, Rocky-like, to deliver a flurry of counterpunches, along with a wisecrack or two. But there's an underlying poignancy to "Silverball" as well. This is a mature album containing rock & roll songs repurposed to portray resiliency in midlife.
The boxing metaphors come fast and furious in "Get Back Up"; indeed, at one point Robertson wryly rhymes "Muhammed Ali" with "boxing imagery." "I was writing that song with Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra, an old friend and collaborator," Ed explains. "I also love that line in the first verse: 'I'm not gonna be the next big thing/But I'm getting fitted for a new brass ring.' In other words, I'm not reaching for a brass ring, I'm just having one made."
"This is the first record since our debut 'Gordon' that was written with no hand-wringing, second-guessing, insecurity or self-doubt," Robertson asserts. "As we got ready to make the record, I was thinkin', man, this is what I get to do: I try to process some of the stuff I've gone through and am going through and write songs about it. I play them for the guys I've played with for 27 years, and they call me back and go, 'Dude, these fucking songs are awesome -- we can't wait to make this record.' I had an overwhelming feeling of confidence and gratitude heading into it."
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Date9 Oct 2015
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Venueindigo at The O2
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AvailabilityOn sale now