Odd How People Shake
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Odd How People Shake, released under Rise Records
in 2003, is the debut album from the mathcore
band Fear Before the March of Flames. It was re-released by the band's current label, Equal Vision Records
in January 2004.
Rise Records
-History:Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and...
in 2003, is the debut album from the mathcore
Mathcore
Mathcore is a rhythmically complex and dissonant fusion style of hardcore punk and Metal. It has its roots in bands such as Converge, Botch, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. The term mathcore is suggested by analogy with math rock. Both math rock and mathcore make use of unusual time signatures...
band Fear Before the March of Flames. It was re-released by the band's current label, Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York, which has a focus in metal or punk-based rock genres. Equal Vision Records was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo ....
in January 2004.
Track listing
Song trivia
- "Go Wash Your Mouth, I Don't Know Where It's Been", is based on the movie American BeautyAmerican Beauty (film)American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, a middle-aged magazine writer who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela...
. - "The Lisbon Girls, Oh the Lisbon Girls", is a reference to the novel and film The Virgin SuicidesThe Virgin SuicidesThe Virgin Suicides is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. The story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on the suicides of five sisters. The Lisbon girls' suicides fascinate their community as their neighbors struggle to find an explanation for...
. - Sarah Goldfarb is the name of the mother in Requiem for a Dream.
- "The 20th Century Was Entirely Mine" is a reference to The Devil's AdvocateThe Devil's Advocate (film)The Devil's Advocate is a 1997 American horror film directed by Taylor Hackford starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino and Charlize Theron, and based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman....
and Titanic. The title being a line from Al Pacino's character, Satan, who loves vanity, and the content of the song is about the vain nature of the ship. - "Given to Dreams" is supposedly about The General's DaughterThe General's DaughterThe General's Daughter is a 1999 murder mystery film starring John Travolta. The plot concerns the mysterious death of the daughter of a prominent general. The movie is based on the novel by the same name written in 1992 by Nelson DeMille, and was directed by Simon West...
, a movie starring John TravoltaJohn TravoltaJohn Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...
. - The band rarely plays any songs from Odd How People Shake live, and the band states on its official website that they flat out refuse to play the song, "On the Bright Side, She Could Choke." However, they did play an acoustic version of this song in Houston, TX, which can be viewed on YouTube. The band played "On the Brightside..." in its original form for the first time since 2003 at a hometown show on September 5, 2008.
- John Gourley from Portugal. The ManPortugal. The ManPortugal. The Man is an American psychedelic rock band based in Portland, Oregon, but originally from Wasilla, Alaska. The group released their first two albums with Fearless Records. They also released material on their own imprint Approaching AIRballoons through indie label Equal Vision Records...
provides background vocals for "Motelroom, Grandpiano."