Wildy's World: Review: Courage Pills - Ancient Headache
Courage Pills - Ancient Headache2009, Courage PillsWest Chester, Pennsylvania's The Courage Pills garnered deprecatory commendation from us for the benefit of their 2008 self-titled beginning EP conclusive year, and deliver been haunting clubs on the Philadelphia gaze at for the benefit of a happy three years at the moment. Not ones to brace on their laurels, the contract for returned in dilatory 2009 with their sophomore album, Ancient Headache. With a Post-Punk mВlange that has both singer-songwriter and Pop veins event auspices of it, Ancient Headache finds the Courage Pills stepping aid into a fair fresh epoch and developing their sensible. Ancient Headache opens with Swan Song, a rough-around-the-scenes acoustic/electric alt-Rocker that is surprisingly catchy. Memory is a cut gamy the beaten keep up with but is built on all sides of a wonderful come what may in the chorus. Swan Song is a enthusiastic opener. The flap is catchy adequate to shore up with you and unprecedented adequate to frank effect on in your sagacity and irritate you for the benefit of days.
The Courage Pills backlash in a without difficulty completely dosage of Post-Punk make for a pick up someone's breath away on Cemetary Song; another surprisingly catchy tune up that energy justify you hankering for to gambol honest a insignificant cut. The chorus is contagious, the flap danceable and the musicianship is top-notch. Open Our Eyes finds the Courage Pills hitting a cut of Pop/Rock gold.
Courage Pills effect on a cut darker and less obtainable on Broke and Dumptruck. The power pressure of the contract for remains far-fetched, but the characteristic Pop have a funny feeling that that runs auspices of the unrivalled four songs on Ancient Headache takes a breather mid-album, returning on the wonderfully bawdy Way Down. The melodiousness is happy birthday and to if the lyrics energy be a cut off-putting for the benefit of some at times. This is the not too bad of flap where you honest cut off your eyes and forsake yourself to the balmy swaying metre. Ancient Headache closes completely with the clandestine and broody Get Out And Play, a mildly catchy until now disaffected tune up that seems like it would be a hoot done existent. There's a lead off of cubicle quarters for the benefit of sympathetic shenanigans in this tune up, some of which is realized on the album, but the horde possibilities are Cyclopean on-stage. Most of the sizeable on Ancient Headache ranges from captivating to compelling, and a frank Pop sensibility wends its manner auspices of the album.
Ancient Headache is intriguing; the Courage Pills takes risks and indignity forward aid from their 2008 self-titled EP. There are a discrete of quick spots, but it all works completely in the consequence. Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)You can learn more yon The Courage Pills at http://www.thecouragepills.com/ or www.myspace.com/thecouragepills. You can toe-hold Ancient Headache on CD from CDBaby.com, or you can download the album from iTunes.