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	Matt Pond Pa If You Want Blood Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock Track Listings (5) - Disc #1 Reading Magic Boyfriend Everything Until the East Coast Ends If You Live If You Want Blood
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CD Details

All Artists: Matt Pond Pa
Title: If You Want Blood
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Altitude Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 6/19/2007
Album Type: EP, Limited Edition
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 898894000929, 898894000967

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CD Reviews

This is a great EP.

Peter Shermeta | Rochester, MI | 08/01/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"matt pond PA's latest full-length album recently broke into the select company of albums I listen to most. As I started to realize how much I enjoy the sound of the album, I needed more. As if right on cue, the band releases 5 new tracks (with a new LP allegedly coming in the fall).

This EP is listed here (Amazon) as "Limited Edition," but I haven't been able to find any details, here or elsewhere, regarding a limited release. Limited or not, I really like these songs. If Matt Pond and the gang keep this up I will be very happy. They stay creative with their lyrics and stretch their music further than many other bands today. For example, the album features drums, percussion, an organ, guitars, bass, banjo, wurlitzer, piano, keyboards, cello, a viola and two violins. This has joined Several Arrows Later (the aforementioned latest album) in my constant rotation.

01. Reading - It is clear from the beginning that this EP will be more similar to the sound from Several Arrows Later than some of the band's earlier work. I like this song, but I also think it is the weakest of the 5.

02. Magic Boyfriend - This is a great song. I love the simplicity of the music and how well the vocals are featured. It is probably the front-runner for my favorite song on the disc and is currently one of my favorites not limited to this EP.

03. Everything Until the East Coast Ends - While not as fun as the last track, this is still very good. I like the whole song, but the last minute (of an almost six-minute song) is my favorite part.

04. If You Live - If there will be competition with Magic Boyfriend for top honors on this disc, here it is. It might not be my favorite on the EP, but it is probably the "best" of the 5 from as objective a standpoint as I can muster. I want to say that this song captures more of the "Several Arrows Later" matt pond PA sound than the others. It is almost pleadingly hopeful and it is a beautiful song. Well done, MPPA.

05. If You Want Blood - The band breathes a little life back into the album here, as the tempo picks back up. This is a nice end to the disc; after the last few songs mellow you out, this brings you back.

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