Wait & Hope
| Wait & Hope | ||||
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| 📅 Released | 10 July 2007 | |||
| 🎙️ Recorded | Atomic Recording Company | |||
| ⏳ Length | 35:59 | |||
| 🏷️ Label | Go For Broke Records, Mint 400 Records | |||
| 🤑 Producer | Dean Baltulonis | |||
| Fairmont chronology | ||||
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Wait & Hope is the fourth studio album from the American rock band Fairmont.
Content[edit]
The twelve-track album was released on compact disc with Go For Broke Records, on 10 July 2007. It was recorded by the Atomic Recording Company in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Dean Baltulonis. Wait & Hope is an up-tempo indie rock album, that features vocals from longtime friend Teeter Sperber of the electro-pop band, Ladybirds.[1][2] The record draws inspiration from the music of the the English rock band the Kinks, the hard-core punk band Hüsker Dü, and the alternative rock band the Lemonheads, and the literary works of the French writer Alexandre Dumas.[3] In an interview with Deborah Draisin in Jersey Beat, Sabatino describes it as a "very minimal[ist] album," and a record that was heavily influenced by bassist John McGuire, who gave it "an early 80's punk feel." It is the last Fairmont release with McGuire,[4] and it is also Fairmont's last album under their previous indie labels; in 2007 Sabatino founded Mint 400 Records, and retroactively released earlier Fairmont albums.[5]
Reception[edit]
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Wonka Vision | (3/5) |
Wait & Hope received four and half stars from AllMusic reviewer Jo-Ann Greene, who calls it their "strongest album to date." She notes "there's a decided tautness underlying the album, a slash and burn musical approach that echoes of old-school punk while eagerly embracing the angsty feel of the '80s indie scene," yet "regardless of the downer lyrics, the music within takes the band to never before reached heights."[2]
A review in The Portsmouth Herald calls the album "infectious indie rock," and compares it to the music of the Violent Femmes, and the Replacements.[6] Wonka Vision editor Nathan Dylan calls Wait & Hope a "fairly consistent and pleasant release," and considers "Dahlia" the album's best song, where "Sabatino and company console a distraught woman, telling her "you're too good for them, you need more confidence, everything will be fine next time,"" and adds that "though seemingly a bit facile, Sabatino's heartfelt delivery generally compensates for his lack of lyrical depth."[1] Wait & Hope also garnered praises from members of the groups Gym Class Heroes, and Nada Surf.[6]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wait & Hope" | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Suspicion Haunts the Guilty Mind" | 2:36 |
| 3. | "Since Day One I've Been Plotting Your Death" | 3:03 |
| 4. | "Fredo" | 2:31 |
| 5. | "Happiness Is a Million Miles Away" | 3:32 |
| 6. | "Today I Was Thinking About You" | 2:12 |
| 7. | "Dahlia" | 3:51 |
| 8. | "Yearbook" | 3:10 |
| 9. | "Tuesday Night Danbury" | 2:35 |
| 10. | "Lack of Luster" | 3:47 |
| 11. | "At the End of the Movie" | 3:23 |
| 12. | "Andy Goldfish Dreams of the Ocean" | 2:14 |
| Total length: | 35:59 | |
Personnel[edit]
- Andy Applegate – drums
- John McGuire – bass
- Neil Sabatino – vocals and guitar
Additional musicians[edit]
- Teeter Sperber – vocals on "Fredo," "Dahlia" and "Yearbook"
References[edit]
- Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dylan 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Greene 2007.
- ↑ Hicks 2007.
- ↑ Draisin 2008.
- ↑ Parciak 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Stevens 2007.
- Bibliography
- Draisin, Deborah J. (2008), "Jersey Beat Interview: Fairmont", Jersey Beat, retrieved 25 February 2014
- Dylan, Nathan (23 July 2007), "Fairmont–"Wait and Hope"", Wonka Vision, retrieved 17 February 2014
- Greene, Jo-Ann (2007), "Review", AllMusic, retrieved 19 February 2014
- Hicks, Robert (19 June 2007), "The greats of literature provide inspiration for Fairmont band", Daily Record, p. 18, retrieved 25 January 2019
- Parciak, Brooke (2010), "How To Run a Record Label: An Interview With Neil Sabatino of Mint 400 Records", Jersey Beat, retrieved 16 February 2014
- Stevens, J.L. (2 August 2007), "Infectious Indie Rock", The Portsmouth Herald, p. 35, retrieved 25 January 2019
