A Bit Much
Pirate! is pleased to bring you the second in a series of singles (each with an A-side and B-side) over the course of the next year from our local friends A Bit Much.
"Sometimes, life gives you lemons, and you make lemonade. Sometimes, life gives you limes, and you make limeade. Sometimes, life makes you thirty something and you flail helplessly against misplaced expectations and existential angst. In this, our second single of our 2011 series, we find out what happens when people stop being polite, and start being really polite in tandem with male pattern baldness. Because you're never too old to get even older." - A Bit Much
Here's some of the great press that rolled in from the first single, and otherwise...
“The madcap master of ceremonies, Clinton Degan, leads his mates through what is best described as a brilliantly devised classical, jazz, blues stew. Out in front is Degan’s unique voice ... at the same time richly soulful and playfully quirky. Lyrically, the stories are twistingly captivating and get better with every listen as the hidden gems reveal themselves between the notes. … “Starvation Wage” has so many starts and brake stands, to try to describe it would not do justice to this tremendous song.” - Rick Dumont, The Noise
“You may not expect much from this track. And this track will then blow your socks off. "...George Harrison's Wife" is actually a rather elegant and nigh-breathtaking – we're gonna say it – love song. It dances on the edge of the stage, being just theatrical enough to fully entertain, yet being far too awesome for a simple novelty track.” - CD on Songs, Boston Band Crush
“Boston-area band A Bit Much is responsible for one of the more memorable meta-rock songs I’ve heard in the past six months or so, “I Can Rock Nobody Like Nobody’s Been Rocked Before.” It pretty much nails the experience of playing in a band that has more friends than fans — calling up everyone you know, who naturally can’t make it to that show you have coming up, and then playing to an empty club. A Bit Much wrenches one of those total bummer shows into a cleverly tongue-in-cheek sentiment, and it’s the kind of song struggling musicians would likely pass along to their struggling musician friends with a knowing chuckle. ...it’s a fine introduction to A Bit Much and their rollicking take on pre-psychedelic rock’n'roll and soul (this is a band that, thankfully, remembers to keep the “roll” in “rock’n'roll”).” - B.L., More Drive
“A Bit Much wildly blend arena rock anthems and back alley jazz into something otherworldy, bringing to mind images of a road weary Phil Lynott ducking into a dark speakeasy on an off night, getting drunk (and high, I suppose, given who we’re talking about) and taking over.”
- Richard Bouchard, Boston Band Crush
“Let me tell ya, this set by A Bit Much is molten hot stuff. The seem to cover multiple genres of rock in each song. There are many echoes of classic rock’s past, whether it be Brian May’s guitar, Ray Manzarek’s keys, or many others.” - Bridges and Squares Podcast
“They’ve taken some of the best sounds of music’s history and worked them to their benefit. And better yet, you can tell that they’d be an excellent live show. Mr. Mercury’s mustache would be more than intrigued.” - Melanie Love, The Daily Vault
“If anyone works harder at bringing the awesomeness of past music into the future and beyond it is A Bit Much. They are single handily showing all the rest of the musicians around town that there is a way to make new music that is still relevant and doesn't suck!” - A. Polk, Polk Records
RIYL: Ben Folds, Spoon, Destroyer
TRY: #1, 2
Full Album Available Here:
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More Info Here:
http://www.abitmuch.org
http://www.polkrecords.org
http://abitmuch.bandcamp.com
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