{"id":3294,"date":"2016-12-30T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T11:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-bowling-for-soup-acoustic-in-a-freakin\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T21:20:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:20:39","slug":"review-bowling-for-soup-acoustic-in-a-freakin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-bowling-for-soup-acoustic-in-a-freakin\/","title":{"rendered":"Review:\u00a0Bowling For Soup –\u00a0Acoustic In A Freakin’ English Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ll be honest, we’re suckers for an unplugged session. There’s just something about stripping songs down to their bare bones and reimagining the arrangements that gives it a whole new dimension, and Bowling for Soup<\/b>’s ‘Acoustic In A Freakin’ English Church’<\/i> is no different.<\/p>\n

To be accurate, it is only Jaret Reddick and bassist Erik Chandler performing the band’s songs as a double act, and this special show from 2013 in London’s Union Chapel is the culmination of their annual acoustic tour.<\/p>\n

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From the word go these songs take on a gravitas otherwise lacking on your average BFS<\/b> release, as ‘Me With No You’<\/i> opens with an air of melancholy and is bare, bleak and brilliant. ‘Almost’<\/i> follows in more upbeat style; there’s also a bit of a sing along and some chat as they interrupt the song over a t-shirt, giving the whole thing the feel of a get together with old friends.<\/p>\n

And that’s the overriding vibe of the nineteen songs on offer here – a mix of cool tunes played among friends that are given an added emotional layer. The high points include the excellent ‘2113’<\/i>, which is a bittersweet slice of heartache with a nice vocal contribution from Chandler. Then there’s the lovely ‘Goodbye Friend’<\/i> and broken hearted love song ‘Come Back to Me’<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Pretty much everything works in this format though, whether it’s spiky deadpan numbers like ‘The Bitch Song’<\/i>, crowd participation and all, songs that lose their way and descend into comedy like ‘Two Seater’<\/i> and the shambolic ‘All Figured Out’<\/i> or barbed critiques like ‘Punk Rock 101’<\/i> and ‘Really Cool Dance Song’<\/i>.<\/p>\n

All in all this is a really cool collection of tracks sure to please any die-hard fan or lover of a good gig.<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

‘Acoustic In A Freakin’ English Church’<\/em> by Bowling For Soup<\/b> is out now.<\/p>\n

Bowling For Soup<\/b> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Edward Layland (@EdwardLayland<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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