Description
Farewell Old Friends is the sixth and final studio album by the American modern rock band Bleach, released on Tooth & Nail Records in 2005, distributed by EMI CMG Distribution. The album was recorded by Dan Leffler at Dark Horse Recording in Franklin, and at Royal Empire Studios and Mark Townsend’s Place in Spring Hill, Tennessee; and as well at Bois D’arc Music And Tire in Springfield, Missouri; with Oran Thornton producing. Mixed by Leffler at Cello Studios in Los Angeles, California. (Special guest engineer: Diesel Barnhart)
Bleach is Dave Baysinger on vocals, Milam Byers and Sam Barnhart on guitars, Jerry Morrison on bass, and Jared Byers on drums. (Producer Oran Thornton played various instruments and Christa Joy Black provided the violin and the the pretty voice.)
When most rock bands announce their forthcoming retirement they go out with a hastily-compiled Best Of package. But Bleach, formed in 1995 at Kentucky Christian College (the same establishment that gave us Audio Adrenaline) have gone out with a serious creative bang. For ‘Farewell Old Friends’ is the band’s bet ever album which makes some of the catchy but slight garage pop of their early albums seem distinctly limp by comparison. Here producer Oran Thornton has layered up veritable 10 feet thick walls of guitars over which singer Davy Baysinger’s plaintive vocals glide with impactful dynamics. One particular gem is the opener, «Write It Down» while «Sufficient», a worship song homing in on forgiveness, is equally memorable. If you’re looking for Brit-pop sounding rock with edge you shouldn’t overlook Bleach’s swansong. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, October 2005]
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CD tracklist:
01. Write It Down
02. Clear The Air
03. Gonna Take Some Time
04. Took It By The Hand
05. Condition
06. To The Top
07. Sufficient
08. Weight Of It All
09. Good As Gold
10.1 Farewell Old Friends
10.2 I’ve Been Everywhere…
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