The Boy Bathing
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07/15/08 The Nightlight Chapel Hill, NC
07/16/08 The Spazzatorium Greenville, NC 07/17/08 Soapbox Laundro Lounge Wilmington, NC 07/18/08 40 Watt Athens, GA 07/19/08 Handlebar Pensacola, FL 07/20/08 Dragon’s Den New Orleans, LA 07/21/08 Artmosphere Lafayette, LA 07/22/08 Notsuoh Houston, TX 07/23/08 Red Eyed Fly Austin, TX 07/24/08 The Stafford Bryan / College Station, TX 07/25/08 Tulsa, Oklahoma 07/26/08 Vagabond Cafe Wichita, KS 07/26/08 The Vertical Violet Wichita, KS 07/27/08 The Chapel St Louis, Missouri 07/28/08 Noir Art Emporium Jacksonville, Illinois 07/29/08 Day Old Basement @ WIU Macomb, Illinois 07/30/08 Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois 07/31/08 Mac’s Lansing, Michigan 08/01/08 Elbow Room Ypsilanti, MI 08/02/08 Bullfrog Brewery Williamsport, PA 08/17/08 Baltimore Music Conference Baltimore, MD Discography
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When I listen to The Boy Bathing‘s album A Fire To Make Preparations, it made me think of a geeky boy with thick black glasses, coupled with a handsome blonde old-fashion gal. Don’t bother telling me otherwise, because I already know I’m so wrong.
The music that was provided to me for A Fire To Make Preparations actually had numerous incorrect title tracks. For instance, my favorite song on here is “The Miner’s Jewel” is mistitled as “Bonus Track”. I only know it’s “The Miner’s Jewel” because those lyrics are repeated at the end of the song. So forgive me if I am referring to incorrect songs in this article.
For some reason, listening to these two songs “Victory Walk” and “The Purpose of a Rake”, David Hurwitz’s vocals kind of reminds me of a fighting Irish songs (despite the Spanish-style intro on “Rake”). I have also included this song with my artwork describing what they looked like in my head.
What I really like about the album is that there are a lot of lyrics on their songs, some hints of a broken heart (“The Beaches Meet the Sea”) and desperation (“The Miner’s Jewel”) to a religious undertones (“My Parent’s Religion”). I also really like the girl’s (Jeannie Scofield) vocals, unfortunately she sings mostly backup. However, she does really shine on “The Pilgrim’s Stand”.
For a real photograph of the band, check out their official or myspace… or better yet, see them on tour, IRL. They are playing all month in July and early August. A Fire To Make Preparations will be released this Tuesday, July 15th, but apparently you can buy it directly from them right now.
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