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Today kicks off Acoustic Week!
The Features
“Concrete”
Live @ Grand Palace
January 21st, 2006This version of “Concrete” comes from one of the first concerts the band performed as just a duo, with Matt on acoustic guitar and kickdrum and Parrish on keyboard. “Concrete” was a newer song around this time, but I already loved it (pretty sure that’s me screaming “Yeah!” all guttural-like during the solo). Also listen closely at the end of the song, when a fan deems the band “Better than Better Than Ezra.”
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For the week leading up to the release of the Features’ new album, Some Kind of Salvation, I will be posting an older version of some of the songs from the album. This is part 6 of Some Kind of Week.
The Features
“Concrete”
Live @ Tucker Theater
January 20th, 2006
This song has always struck me as somewhat spooky, and I love it all the more for that. Rollum steadily pounds away at his drums like an automaton, Roger’s bass trudges alongside it and Parrish’s keys hover around the verses like a spectre. The song creates a very strong mental image and Matt Pelham’s opposite-driven lyrics just add a helping of confusion on top of the eerieness. It’s a really fascinating song and it quickly became one of my favorites back around the time of this recording. The version that appears on Some Kind of Salvation is comprised almost solely of electronic beats, keyboards and distorted-sounding guitars.
“Concrete” debuted on November 12th, 2005 at Wall Street in Murfreesboro. The song was then played at most every Features show after that until the spring of 2006. The song is rarely played live today, but it did make it to the band’s sophomore album.
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Some Kind of Salvation, album release (2008)
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The Features are a Nashville, Tennessee based rock band. The purpose of this Tumblr is to provide a comprehensive and interactive database
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If you would like any of the unreleased songs featured on this site, you can download them yourself or email me for copies. I am not able to send every Features song I own in one go, mainly because I don't have a way of hosting all the files, and I also gotta keep some song tricks up my blog sleeve. Specific song requests are the easiest ones to fulfill. It might take a little while to respond but I will try my best. I will not send songs that have been officially released in any capacity, so buy their albums.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
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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