The Loud Family

The Loud Family (band)

The Loud Family is an American band based in San Francisco that began in 1991, went on hiatus in 2000 and returned in 2006. The band is named after the real-life Loud family, stars of the 1973 TV show An American Family, the first reality TV show...

's sixth full length album was a live album released after the band's breakup (which proved to be temporary: the band reconvened in 2006, albeit with different personnel), featuring live recordings of two performances at different points in the band's history. The first performance, featured on tracks 1-7 and 14-19, is from a Hotel Utah show on October 5, 1996. The second performance, featured on tracks 8-13 and 20-21, is from a show at the Bottom of the Hill

Bottom of the Hill

Bottom of the Hill is a concert venue located in San Francisco, California, in the Potrero Hill district. As a venue, it is one of the most active in the city, usually holding shows seven nights a week...

 in San Francisco on August 8, 1998.

The album features covers of "Debaser" by The Pixies, "When You Sleep" by My Bloody Valentine and "Here Come The Warm Jets" by Brian Eno

Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

. "Not Because You Can," "Go Ahead You're Dying To" and "Curse of the Frontier Land" are The Loud Family's versions of songs from Loud Family leader Scott Miller

Scott Miller (Californian musician)

Scott Miller was formerly a member of the 1980s power pop group Game Theory and lead singer of the group The Loud Family. Both bands were based in the San Francisco Bay Area...

's earlier band, Game Theory

Game Theory (band)

Game Theory was an American rock band from 1981 to 1989. The group's lead singer, Scott Miller, went on to front the band The Loud Family. Game Theory is best known for its double LP Lolita Nation. The band favored hyper-literary references, a la Jean-Luc Godard, including the evident...

. "Nine," "Five" and "Eleven" are three of the unnamed soundscapes from The Loud Family's Days for Days

Days for Days

The Loud Family's fourth full length album. Loud Family leader Scott Miller and bass player Kenny Kessel are the only members of the band returning from the last album. Gil Ray, who had been a member of Scott Miller's 1980s band Game Theory, rejoined Miller as of this album.Odd-numbered tracks on...

album.

Track listing

1. "Where the Flood Waters Soak Their Belongings" - 1:52
2. "Here Come The Warm Jets" – 0:42
3. "Spot the Setup" – 2:38
4. "Such Little Nonbelievers" – 3:25
5. "Aerodeleria" - 2:59
6. "Don't Respond, She Can Tell" – 3:54
7. "Sword Swallower" – 4:11
8. "Nine" - 0:49
9. "Not Because You Can" - 3:12
10. "Good, There Are No Lions in The Street" – 4:07
11. "Five" – 1:16
12. "Eleven" - 0:15
13. "Deee-pression" - 3:33
14. "Debaser" - 2:44
15. "Sodium Laureth Sulfate" - 2:50
16. "Baby Hard-To-Be-Around" - 3:11
17. "Go Ahead, You're Dying To" - 2:45
18. "Asleep and Awake on the Man's Freeway" - 2:47
19. "Curse of the Frontier Land" - 3:59
20. "When You Sleep" - 4:21
21. untitled - 0:55

Personnel

Hotel Utah, SF - October 5, 1996

• Kenny Kessel - bass and vocal
• Scott Miller
  Scott Miller (Californian musician)
  Scott Miller was formerly a member of the 1980s power pop group Game Theory and lead singer of the group The Loud Family. Both bands were based in the San Francisco Bay Area...
  
   - guitar and vocal
• Mike Tittel - drums
• Paul Weineke - keyboards, guitar and vocal

Bottom of the Hill, SF - August 8, 1998

• Kenny Kessel - bass and vocal
• Alison Faith Levy
  Alison Faith Levy
  Alison Faith Levy is an American musician, who is a member of the San Francisco based band The Loud Family and the children's band The Sippy Cups. She has released 3 solo albums....
  
   - keyboards and vocal
• Scott Miller
  Scott Miller (Californian musician)
  Scott Miller was formerly a member of the 1980s power pop group Game Theory and lead singer of the group The Loud Family. Both bands were based in the San Francisco Bay Area...
  
   - guitar and vocal
• Gil Ray - drums