Pershing is the second full length studio album from indie pop/rock band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin is an indie pop band from Springfield, Missouri. Their first full-length album Broom, independently released in 2005, received good reviews from Spin Magazine and they are now signed with Polyvinyl Record Co....

. It was released through Polyvinyl Records on April 8, 2008. The anticipated followup to the group's acclaimed debut, Broom

Broom (album)

Broom is a full-length album from indie pop/rock band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. It was released in the United States in 2005.-Track listing:# "Pangea" – 2:48# "I Am Warm & Powerful" – 2:39# "What'll We Do" – 2:16# "Travel Song" – 3:21...

, Pershing is a Polyvinyl Record Co. featured release.

Background and production

A pre-order edition of the album featured exclusive original artwork and three additional tracks. The first two are demo

Demo (music)

A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

 acoustic

Acoustic music

Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...

 songs: an early draft of The Beach Song, I Didn't Mean it; and Stain, a full band cover of the Nirvana

Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...

 song.

The album's name refers to John J. Pershing Middle School in Springfield, Missouri, which Philip Dickey attended, named for fellow Missourian and American General of the Armies

General of the Armies

General of the Armies of the United States, or more commonly referred to as General of the Armies, is the highest possible officer rank of the United States Army.Only two soldiers have been granted the rank of General of the Armies; John J...

 during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, John J. Pershing

John J. Pershing

John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB , was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I...

.

The album is dedicated to the bands' lifelong friend, Alex Bethurem, a Chicago area indie music fan (originally from Springfield, MO), who took his own life.

"HEERS" references the Heers Building, which is located in downtown Springfield and once housed a local department store but has been vacant for decades.

Reception

The album received a great deal of internet buzz, similar to Broom

Broom (album)

Broom is a full-length album from indie pop/rock band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. It was released in the United States in 2005.-Track listing:# "Pangea" – 2:48# "I Am Warm & Powerful" – 2:39# "What'll We Do" – 2:16# "Travel Song" – 3:21...

and tracks have been favorably reviewed and featured on numerous indie music blogs.

Recorded in Springfield, MO and Wilmington, N.C. in 2007, the album's production is more refined than the lo-fi Broom, but retains many key qualities such as doubled vocals, moving bass lines, and sparkly clean guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 lines played by both electric

Electric Guitars

Electric Guitars were formed early in 1980 by Neil Davenport and Richard Hall who were both studying English at Bristol University. The band soon increased to a five-man line-up, with Andy Saunders , Matt Salt and Dick Truscott , they also later added two backing singers: Sara and Wendy...

 and acoustic guitars. One review describes it as "Quirky chord changes amid massive hooks and addictive melodies."

Track listing

1. "Glue Girls" - 3:26
2. "Boring Fountain" - 3:44
3. "Dead Right" - 2:21
4. "The Beach Song" - 2:48
5. "Modern Mystery" - 4:20
6. "Some Constellation" - 3:12
7. "Think I Wanna Die" - 2:49
8. "You Could Write a Book" - 3:13
9. "Oceanographer" - 4:45
10. "HEERS" - 3:26
11. "Doris Tailspin (Boring Mountain)" - 0:56

Personnel

The band members are credited as follows.

• John Robert Cardwell - vocals, guitar, bass, trumpet, belly charms
• Philip Dickey - vocals, guitar, drums, piano
• Jonathan James - drums, bass, guitar, piano, synth, crystals
• Will Knauer - guitar

Additional musicians

• Brian Azevedo — acoustic guitar on Oceanographer
• Molly Healey — strings on Dead Right
• Becky Thomas — hand claps on Dead Right, cowbell on Glue Girls

Production

• Recorded and mixed by SSLYBY in March 2007 at Fred's loft in Wilmington, N.C. and from August to December 2007 in Springfield, MO.
• Engineered by Jonathan James
• Mastered by TW Walsh

External links

• Official preview of Think I Wanna Die, from Polyvinyl
• Making of Video for Pershing made by the band; from Daytrotter
  Daytrotter
  Daytrotter is a website for the recording studio Horseshack, which hosts recording sessions with many popular and typically upcoming indie music acts, although it works with local bands in the Illinois area as well. The sessions can be compared to that of a radio station's lounge recordings, where...