Algernon Cadwallader - 2011 Parrot Flies

Band : Algernon Cadwallader

Album : Parrot Flies
Release Year : 2011

Genre : Mathrock | Emo | Indie

Tracklist :

1. Springing Leaks
2. Pitfall
3. Preservatives
4. Parrot Flies
5. If It Kills Me
6. Glenwood Ave
7. Uniform
8. Sad
9. Chewed Up And Spit Out (In A Bowl)
10. Loose Cannons
11. Cruisin'

Algernon Cadwallader play an infectious style of mathy emo and indie rock that's reminiscent of bands like Cap N' Jazz, Jazz June, and other mid 90's Emo band. I love this style of music and Algernon Cadwallader are one of the best bands who play this style of music. This Philadelphia, PA based band is a must for fans of Snowing, Monument, Empire, Empire (I Was A Lonely Estate), and This Town Needs Guns. Great stuff. Parrot Flies is scheduled for a proper release date in early June.

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Algernon Cadwallader - 2011 What It Is

Band : Algernon Cadwallader

Album : What It Is
Release Year : 2011

Genre : Mathrock / Emo / Indie

Tracklist :

 Side A:
1. Some Kind of Cadwallader
2. Look Down
3. Fun
4. Spit Fountain

Side B:
1. Stars
2. Katie's Conscious
3. Yo Soy Milk
4. Serial Killer Status
5. Second Rate Machines

Live tape of Algernon Cadwallader titled "What It Is" recorded in Vernon Connecticut in January of 2010. It was recorded by their homie and organist from Black Churches Stoner. Every cassette comes in a hand screen printed cover featuring some custom artwork by Bryce as well as some other surprising tid-bits.

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Algernon Cadwallader - 2008 Some Kind Of Cadwallader

Band : Algernon Cadwallader

Album : Some Kind Of Cadwallader
Release Year : 2008

Genre : Mathrock / Emo / Indie

Tracklist :

1. Casual Discussion In A Dome Between Two Temples
2. Some Kind of Cadwallader
3. The Stars
4. Horror
5. Motivational Song
6. Yo Soy Milk
7. I've Got Piano
8. Katie's Conscience
9. Serial Killer Status
10. In Response to Irresponsibility

Algernon Cadwallader have studied `90s Kinsella recordings like they were on tomorrow's final exam. Some Kind of Cadwallader is the living, breathing resurrection of caP'n Jazz and American Football as it is precisely the type of intricate and meandering, yet relaxed indie rock fans of those bands will thrive on, with fragile sung/yelped vocals fronting it all. 

There's a free-flowing vibe and unconfined sense of things all throughout Some Kind of Cadwallader, yet the quartet seem to have a firm grasp on their songs. Loose sing-alongs break out at sporadic points, with "ohhh man, it's taking me over" from the title track a sure-fire crowd response and "Motivational Song"'s "bop bop shoo wop" refrain playful and resilient. "Yo Soy Mi" breaks free from the minimal noisy dabbling of its previous track with an upbeat and energetic pounce at its outset, twisting along to the scratchy yells at the song's climax. Even the purposely out of tune fiddling in "In Response to Irresponsability" -- a song where the band sound coincidentally more like their peers in Look Mexico than anywhere else on the album -- works.

Plenty of elaborate instrumentation makes its way into the recording, too. None if it's listed, but what sounds like bongos, shakers, xylophone, keyboards and whistles (one being a slide, another a party) spice up the arrangements. 

Among its mostly casual vibe, clever and engaging guitar interplay, fiercely raw harmonizing and even a Kinsella-like sense of bizarre syntax, Some Kind of Cadwallader is a pristinely pleasant and refreshing listen. 

 

 

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Algernon Cadwallader - 2009 Fun

Band : Algernon Cadwallader

Album : Fun
Release Year : 2009

Genre : Mathrock / Emo / Indie

Tracklist :

01 Spit Fountain

02 Fun

03 Foggy Mountain

04 Black Clouds

05 I Wanna Go To The Beach

06 Responsible Party

Algernon Cadwallader is a band from the Philadelphia, PA region. Includes former members of Halfway to Holland.

I have no idea how long this record has been out, but a lot of people have taken it upon themselves to upload it all over the internet. Just finding the artwork was hard, although I had some help from the comment section.
If you enjoyed the previous records, you'll love this. I have a feeling that this band is going to be a collectors' band. They'll have releases with a million different names and artwork, and people are going to want it all.

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