Heck
| Heck | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 📅 Released | December 2014 | |||
| ⏳ Length | 14:54 | |||
| 🏷️ Label | Self-released | |||
| 🤑 Producer | Erik Kase Romero | |||
| Deal Casino chronology | ||||
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Heck is the third studio EP from the American rock band Deal Casino.
Content[edit]
The four-track EP was self-released in December 2014. It was tracked live, and produced by Erik Kase Romero.[1] The title is named after the road in Asbury Park, Heck Street.[2] On the recording, Parella says Heck "is what we actually sound like, live at a show."[2] It is a melody heavy, alternative surf rock record, and it draws comparison to the music of U2, Coldplay, and early Foo Fighters, and the Bruce Springsteen album, Tunnel of Love.[3] The song "FortyFive" is about a relationship between a young man and an old woman.[3]
Reception[edit]
NJ.com calls the EP a "confident four-track [that] best reflects the group's buoyant stage performances."[2] Speak Into My Good Eye says it "brilliantly displays the band's abilities to incorporate scenes of specific moments in time[,] which is something that doesn't seem easily attainable in a genre that is commonly flooded with vague references and generalities."[3] A review by The Aquarian Weekly describes the song "Flying Cars" as having "finger-picked guitars [that] trill melodically under lyrical ministrations. Intimacy builds as guitars swell and recede under cocktail drums and single-note bass work [and] the backing vocals two-step like grey shadows of isolated bliss while far way salvos of slide guitar rises and fades into the soundscape."[4]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bang Bang Bang" | 4:11 |
| 2. | "FortyFive" | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Dowtown" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Flying Cars" | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 14:54 | |
References[edit]
- Citations
- ↑ Patch Staff 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Olivier 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bracey 2015.
- ↑ Pfeiffer 2014.
- Bibliography
- Bracey, Jake (3 January 2015), "EP Review: Sparta's Deal Casino Bring Stories To Life With HECK", Speak Into My Good Eye, retrieved 15 April 2019
- Olivier, Bobby (13 March 2015), "Must-hear N.J.: Deal Casino touts polished pop-rock in Asbury Park", NJ.com, retrieved 15 April 2019
- Patch Staff (14 January 2015), "Nemes / Deal Casino / The Whiskey Boys / Jeremiah Tall", Patch Media, retrieved 15 April 2019
- Pfeiffer, John (31 December 2014), "Shoreworld: Steve Tambone Passes Away; Deal Casino – Heck", The Aquarian Weekly, retrieved 15 April 2019
