{"id":26361,"date":"2013-10-16T15:01:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T15:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-arliss-nancy-wild-american-runners\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:29:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:29:19","slug":"album-review-arliss-nancy-wild-american-runners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-arliss-nancy-wild-american-runners\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Arliss Nancy &#8211; Wild American Runners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tumblr_inline_mtzzk3ezqK1qztcot.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Music; it is an element in life that can provide the perfect accompaniment to an activity. This varies, as the activity requires a mood, an atmosphere and the imagination. Whilst listening to this third full length from <strong>Arliss Nancy<\/strong>, this reviewer has been reading the Kerouac classic \u2018On the Road\u2019. Reading this book has certainly helped to get into the skin of this album, aptly titled <em>\u2018Wild American Runners\u2019<\/em>. For what\u2019s it worth, after taking it all in, it\u2019s surprising that the band aren\u2019t well known as this record is good for the following reasons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arliss Nancy<\/strong> season their own take on blue collar influenced roots rock and gritty Americana punk rock. Every song is lead forth by Chris Love\u2019s sweetly sounding keys and the whisky soaked vocals from Cory Call. All the while, these components are lifted by the guitars, bass, drums and harmony fringed backing vocals. <strong>Arliss Nancy<\/strong> as an outfit is fined tuned, subtle in touch and features gruff heart on sleeve honesty. <em>\u2018Nathaniel\u2019<\/em>, <em>\u2018Both Got Old\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Coals\u2019<\/em> are a few examples that show off this neatly done formula. Final tracks <em>\u2018The GB Shuffle\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Vonnegut\u2019<\/em> bring in an acoustic guitar to this formula to round off the album with a sense of clarity.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Thematically, the songwriting is drenched on tales affecting the average individual in America. Such themes involve the personal trials that are met with restlessness, striving for self-worth, dealing with changes, and not only looking back, but looking forward as well.<\/p>\n<p>Since this is the first <strong>Arliss Nancy<\/strong> LP this reviewer has listened, it\u2019s difficult to compare it to previous efforts and see how far they\u2019ve come as a band. Regardless, <em>\u2018Wild American Runners\u2019<\/em> is a record rooted in American poetic literature and punk rock grit. This is a record that will reach to fans of Bruce Springsteen, Lucero, The Replacements and The Gaslight Anthem. It\u2019s soft and sweetly calming on top, but has a gruff beating heart beneath it. If there is one criticism, it is that this require does require you to be in a certain mood and it won\u2019t grab at you straight away. Other than that, it certainly does tick all the right boxes for a really good album once it clicks with you.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Wild American Runners\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Arliss Nancy<\/strong> is released 8th October on <strong>Black Numbers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Arliss Nancy links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Arliss-Nancy\/326784819312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArlissNancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Aaron Lohan (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ooran_loohan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ooran_loohan<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music; it is an element in life that can provide the perfect accompaniment to an activity. This varies, as the activity requires a mood, an atmosphere and the imagination. 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