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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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The Features
“Exhibit A”
Live @ Grand Palace
January 21st, 2006Here’s an acoustic version of “Exhibit A,” featuring only Matt and Parrish. A nice, breezy weekend tune.
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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 4 of Some Kind of Week.
The Features
“Foundation’s Cracked”
Live @ Grand Palace
January 21st, 2006
The history of “Foundation’s Cracked” was covered on May 22nd. This acoustic version features Matt on guitar and kick drum and Parrish on keyboards. This was a small show at the Murfreesboro record store (and formerly Bingham Barnes’ apartment) Grand Palace and took place either during the midst of or at the start of many acousitc in-store performances by the band in Tennesse, Kentucky and other states. This concert is one of my favorites by the band and I love that the great lyrics to this song take center stage in this stripped-down version.
A VERSION APPEARS ON:
Some Kind of Salvation, album release (2008)
OTHER VERSIONS:
Live @ 12th & Porter (November 8th, 2003)
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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
of the Features' music. The blog is named after the Features song "The Damage Is Done."
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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