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Plays: 40
The Features
“Down You Go”
Live on Lightning 100
May 9th, 1999
Another lost Features gem, I’m not even sure if this was ever in rotation. I’d never heard of it before getting this bootleg and some of the first verse was moved to “Serious.” What’s really notable about this song is how quickly the band’s sound changed after acquiring Rollum as a drummer. The band suddenly has a unique edge to them, a relentlessness that will propel them towards their best material. What’s also startling is just how much like Interpol or the Killers this sounds, a good two years before that 80s new wave/disco beat became all the rage. While it is understandable why the band chose to drop this song, this song is a great trailer for the next decade of the band’s music.
LINEAGE:
Becomes “Serious” (2001; shares half a verse)
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BRETT WHITE is a New York City-based comedian who has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and written for Wizard Magazine. He is currently a writer on the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch team Thunder Gulch. He performs improv comedy with the groups Iron Ruckus and Daddy. He is also the author of the web comic Tales To Diminish and contributes to the nerd-humor site Topless Robot.
His obsession with the Features began when he first saw them on October 18th, 2001. His college years were spent posting on the Features message board under the name DigsySlattery. He has seen the Features over 50 times in concert and never makes a mix CD without including at least one Features song.
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