Name of Patient::
The End of the New Country
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Get Help is a songwriting project based in New York, comprised primarily of Tony from Boston’s beloved The Beatings, and Mike from NYC’s beloved Strikes Again!
Weight:
This is their debut album.
Significant Findings:
One doesn't have to read the promotional kit to know these guys at one point in their life discovered R.E.M.'s early stuff. Not the "Shiny Happy..." or "Stand" material, but "Murmur" and that other awesome shit. Get Help brings it forward with this rebirth of the cool, low-key, new indie sound. They have successfully captured a cloudy Sunday's DNA and put it to wax. Images that come to mind are the Fall season, and the nostalgia of playing in the snow with an ex that has decided you are no longer a necessity. It also paints a picture of someone laying on a bed, staring at the ceiling for hours on end. Images that don't come to mind include: Waterpark fun, a zero-to-hero montage in a clothing store trying on all different outfits.
Possible Diagnosis:
This is a good soundtrack to reflect on your life and see that even though it's heading to shit, there is still hope that it won't stink as much as everyone says it does/will. Fuck your career plans and pick up a guitar, a pencil, or a paintbrush and do what you have to, just get the fuck out of that cubicle or conference room.
Recommendation:
Hypnotic, like the river stream. This could be a great soundtrack to a movie about anxiety, self-destruction, self-loathing, self-pity, failure and all the great emotions that one feels today when one looks at the future through pessimistic eyes.