01-09-2012, 13:05
(This post was last modified: 01-09-2012, 13:13 by Music Head.)
online listen
makes me see the advantage of being able to purchse individual tracks
two I almost love but it doesn't hold up
even a hidden track
they never hide them very good
they're always at the end of the last listed track
1.6 from me and a converted 2.2 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - The Circle In The Square
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=958IDn8Nh1A
my favorite - Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzYZC8lHswo
my other favorite - Gonna Be Free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-4h5bDBKqs
released August 28th, 2012
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Bio - from allmusic
Featuring dual MCs as well as a full band, Flobots are a progressive rap group from Denver, CO, with a political
conscience, musical chops, and a powerful live show. Influenced by progressive rappers such as the Roots and Common
as well as alternative hard rock bands such as Rage Against the Machine and Tool, Flobots were founded in 2005,
comprised of MCs Jonny 5 (born Jamie Laurie) and Brer Rabbit (born Stephen Brackett) -- who originally met in
elementary school -- along with musicians Andy Guerrero (guitar), Mackenzie Roberts (viola), Joe Ferrone (trumpet),
Jesse Walker (bass), and Kenny Ortiz (drums). The group released its debut recording, the seven-track Platypus EP,
in October 2005. Their debut full-length, Fight with Tools (2007), followed a couple years later. Flobots inspired a
strong following in the Denver region and found themselves opening shows there for national acts such as Public
Enemy and the Fray.
In 2008 the group was offered a major-label recording contract by Universal Music Group, which re-released Fight
with Tools on its Republic subsidiary. March 2010 saw the release of Flobots' sophomore studio effort, the Mario
Caldato-produced Survival Story, which demonstrated a heavier rock edge and featured a guest appearance by Rise
Against's Tim McIlrath on the single "White Flag Warrior." In 2011, on the same day the Occupy Wall Street movement
began, the socially conscious band announced they would be releasing a new album, making good on their promise with
the arrival of The Circle in the Square in 2012.
Album Review - from allmusic
Returning at a time when America feels at its most divided, Flobots face dark times with positivity on their third
album, The Circle in the Square. Announced on the day the Occupy Wall Street movement began and released during an
election year, the album comes at a time that finds the country dividing itself along political, socioeconomic, and
spiritual lines, but rather than head into the fray with vitriol, it feels as if Flobots are making a conscious
effort to remain calm, enlightening listeners to the things happening around them without necessarily trying to
incite them to get angry about it, even speaking out against violence on "On Loss and Having." That message gets
expanded upon on "Gonna Be Free," where the message seems to be about using our collective voices to come together
and build things rather than tear them apart. When artists attach an album to current events, they run the risk of
things quickly becoming dated and irrelevant as the world sorts itself out. Fortunately for Flobots, the messages in
The Circle in the Square feel pretty universal. While the matter of whether or not hip-hop backed by a live band is
your taste is purely a subjective one, and though The Circle in the Square is more likely to land with fans of
Flobots than the uninitiated, the album's message that people should work together to build a better tomorrow is
easy for anyone to identify with.
Track Listing
1. Flokovsky
2. The Circle In The Square
3. Run (Run Run Run)
4. Sides
5. On Loss And Having
6. Gonna Be Free
7. One Last Show
8. Interlude
9. Wrestling Israel
10. Lonliness
11. The Rose & The Thistle
12. #OccupyEarth
13. Journey After War (War Fatigues)
14. Stop The Apocalypse
15. ...
makes me see the advantage of being able to purchse individual tracks
two I almost love but it doesn't hold up
even a hidden track
they never hide them very good
they're always at the end of the last listed track
1.6 from me and a converted 2.2 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - The Circle In The Square
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=958IDn8Nh1A
my favorite - Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzYZC8lHswo
my other favorite - Gonna Be Free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-4h5bDBKqs
released August 28th, 2012
Bio - from allmusic
Featuring dual MCs as well as a full band, Flobots are a progressive rap group from Denver, CO, with a political
conscience, musical chops, and a powerful live show. Influenced by progressive rappers such as the Roots and Common
as well as alternative hard rock bands such as Rage Against the Machine and Tool, Flobots were founded in 2005,
comprised of MCs Jonny 5 (born Jamie Laurie) and Brer Rabbit (born Stephen Brackett) -- who originally met in
elementary school -- along with musicians Andy Guerrero (guitar), Mackenzie Roberts (viola), Joe Ferrone (trumpet),
Jesse Walker (bass), and Kenny Ortiz (drums). The group released its debut recording, the seven-track Platypus EP,
in October 2005. Their debut full-length, Fight with Tools (2007), followed a couple years later. Flobots inspired a
strong following in the Denver region and found themselves opening shows there for national acts such as Public
Enemy and the Fray.
In 2008 the group was offered a major-label recording contract by Universal Music Group, which re-released Fight
with Tools on its Republic subsidiary. March 2010 saw the release of Flobots' sophomore studio effort, the Mario
Caldato-produced Survival Story, which demonstrated a heavier rock edge and featured a guest appearance by Rise
Against's Tim McIlrath on the single "White Flag Warrior." In 2011, on the same day the Occupy Wall Street movement
began, the socially conscious band announced they would be releasing a new album, making good on their promise with
the arrival of The Circle in the Square in 2012.
Album Review - from allmusic
Returning at a time when America feels at its most divided, Flobots face dark times with positivity on their third
album, The Circle in the Square. Announced on the day the Occupy Wall Street movement began and released during an
election year, the album comes at a time that finds the country dividing itself along political, socioeconomic, and
spiritual lines, but rather than head into the fray with vitriol, it feels as if Flobots are making a conscious
effort to remain calm, enlightening listeners to the things happening around them without necessarily trying to
incite them to get angry about it, even speaking out against violence on "On Loss and Having." That message gets
expanded upon on "Gonna Be Free," where the message seems to be about using our collective voices to come together
and build things rather than tear them apart. When artists attach an album to current events, they run the risk of
things quickly becoming dated and irrelevant as the world sorts itself out. Fortunately for Flobots, the messages in
The Circle in the Square feel pretty universal. While the matter of whether or not hip-hop backed by a live band is
your taste is purely a subjective one, and though The Circle in the Square is more likely to land with fans of
Flobots than the uninitiated, the album's message that people should work together to build a better tomorrow is
easy for anyone to identify with.
Track Listing
1. Flokovsky
2. The Circle In The Square
3. Run (Run Run Run)
4. Sides
5. On Loss And Having
6. Gonna Be Free
7. One Last Show
8. Interlude
9. Wrestling Israel
10. Lonliness
11. The Rose & The Thistle
12. #OccupyEarth
13. Journey After War (War Fatigues)
14. Stop The Apocalypse
15. ...
