We, the Vehicles
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We, the Vehicles is the second album by Maritime
. This is the band's final album featuring bassist Eric Axelson.
Maritime (band)
Maritime formed in 2003 out of the ashes of The Promise Ring and The Dismemberment Plan. After these two bands broke up, singer/guitarist Davey von Bohlen, drummer Dan Didier and bassist Eric Axelson hooked up and started a band called In English. The group quickly signed a deal with the record...
. This is the band's final album featuring bassist Eric Axelson.
Track listing
- "Calm" - 3:23
- "Tearing Up the Oxygen" - 3:57
- "People, the Vehicles" - 3:41
- "Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts" - 3:27
- "We Don't Think, We Know" - 2:22
- "No One Will Remember You Tonight" - 2:46
- "Young Alumni" - 3:39
- "Don't Say You Don't" - 3:34
- "German Engineering" - 3:59
- "Twins" - 2:21
- "Protein and Poison" - 2:51
- Vinyl LP Bonus Tracks
- Before You Were Born (Side A)
- Call Me Home (Side B)
Personnel
- Dan Didier: Drums
- Davey von Bohlen: Vocals, Guitar
- Eric Axelson: Bass
- Kristian Riley: Producer/Engineer
Trivia
- "Young Alumni" includes the lyrics "the future is wired" which is the title of an unreleased song by the band.
- "People, The Vehicles" mentions the name of the album rather than the song's title.
- The song, "Twins" refers to the famous rock musician Paul SimonPaul SimonPaul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
in its first line. - The song, "We Don't Think, We Know" includes the lyrics "All the days are just packed, and we’re asleep in the trees," a reference to a Calvin and HobbesCalvin and HobbesCalvin and Hobbes is a syndicated daily comic strip that was written and illustrated by American cartoonist Bill Watterson, and syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. It follows the humorous antics of Calvin, a precocious and adventurous six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his...
collection. - The song, "Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts" was featured in the MTV show Maui FeverMaui FeverMaui Fever is a reality series, created by haole Morgan J. Freeman for MTV. Filmed on location in Maui over a three month period, the show explored the real lives of several young haole friends living in the Kaanapali area....
. - The song, "Calm" was released as a single from the album.
- The group's name is mentioned in "Tearing Up the Oxygen" in the line "Of the best and the worst and the maritimes".
- The vinyl record is blue.