Fiestas and Fiascos
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| Studio album by Lifter Puller | ||
| Released | February 15, 2000 | |
| Genre | Post-punk | |
| Label | Frenchkiss Records | |
| Producer(s) | Dave Gardner and Eric Olsen | |
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| Lifter Puller chronology | ||
| The Entertainment and Arts (1998) |
Lifter Puller (2000) |
Soft Rock (2002) |
Fiestas and Fiascos is the final Lifter Puller LP comprised of new material and the only work of theirs not included on Soft Rock. The record is much tighter than previous songs, following the direction implied by songs like "Secret Santa Cruz," where the band plays hook-centrically and vocalist Craig Finn sings with more vocal force (shouting at times) than melodicism. The almost exclusively mythological focus of "Fiestas..." in many ways foreshadows the approach Finn would take with The Hold Steady, as does the less melodic vocal approach. In addition, the record ends with the burning of the "Nice, Nice" bringing the Lifter Puller mythology back to its start.
[edit] Track listing
- Lonely in a Limousine
- Candy's Room
- Space Humping $19.99
- Manpark
- Lake Street is For Lovers
- Nice Nice
- Katrina and the K-Hole
- Cruised and Accused of Cruising
- Touch My Stuff
- Lie Down on Lansdowne
- Lifter Puller vs. the End of the Evening
- The Flex and the Buff Result
