Comments on: Bad Brains: “Build a Nation” Update

By: jesse custer

jesse custer — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:55:42 +0000

the old hr would have had more to say. i don’t think we’ll be hearing any hardcore vocal acrobatics like back in the deezy. the rest of the boys are in perfect form on ‘build’. hr still sounds good tho.

By: Eli!

Eli! — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:18:18 +0000

Is that song about building a nation? I didn’t catch that.

I’m going to go listen to ‘I Against I’ a bunch of times.

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:20:14 +0000

Good call on the cover Phil - also, hard not to get behind an independent group that gives all its music away for free on its web site and donates the proceeds from any album sales to The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.

By: Rinjo Njori

Rinjo Njori — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:45:06 +0000

Someting not righabout 4 minutes of sub par reggae and 1.44 minutes f pure hardcore fury. HR’s vocals aren’t even that bad.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:07:28 +0000

Actually, it’s available for free on their site:

http://www.theharveygirls.com/

It’s from the album “Our History is Your Kitsch”

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:37:42 +0000

Thanks for the heads up - I’ll try and find it

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:30:02 +0000

Yeah, “Build a Nation” is a solid track. Those Dr. Know guitars are unmistakable. Honestly, though, I was never much a fan of the band’s reggae tracks Sure, it’s interesting that they juxtapose these two genres, but I just never feel like their songwriting is very memorable when it comes to the reggae. Not like tracks like Pay to Cum, Sailin’ On, Re-Ignition - I mean, those are some memorable riffs.

FYI, The Harvey Girls do a terrific folk cover of Sailin’ On. It’s worth hunting down.