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Welcoming Home the Astronauts
Flickerstick
Welcoming Home the Astronauts
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop
 
  •  Track Listings (11) - Disc #1

Chances are, most people who've heard of Flickerstick first caught them on VH1's Bands on the Run. After going on a national tour before all of cable-ready America, the Dallas-based quintet beat the other unsigned acts o...  more »

     
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All Artists: Flickerstick
Title: Welcoming Home the Astronauts
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 9/25/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Chances are, most people who've heard of Flickerstick first caught them on VH1's Bands on the Run. After going on a national tour before all of cable-ready America, the Dallas-based quintet beat the other unsigned acts on the music channel's "reality show" contest, sitting pretty with $50,000 in winnings and a deal with Epic Records. Welcoming Home the Astronauts is Flickerstick's double debut, coming out on an indie label in 2000 and getting wider exposure once the major label signed the champions. The album is a pretty generic package of power pop and power ballads (close your eyes on "You're So Hollywood" and you can almost picture some '80s hair-metal act singing the same song, minus the handclaps), with a bit of Brit rock laced in the floaty guitar effects--nothing to give the current crop of mainstream rockers a run for their money. That said, though, the songs are well structured for big guitar pop and well produced, with the help of Tom Lord Alge (Weezer, Blink-182, Marilyn Manson). Astronauts packs stadium-size anthems into every song, and the band's emotions run so high you'll be waving the lighter many times before the slow jam on "Direct Line to the Telepathic" has even started. -- Jennifer Maerz

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Great Album, Great Band
King Lerxst | Austin, Texas United States | 09/25/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm new to Flickerstick but I was really impressed with this album. The songs are basically pop-rock but they really have a flare for the dramatic that pays off big with "Lift", "Got a Feeling" and "Direct Path...". If you're tired of the cookie-cutter stuff on the radio and are looking for a good, original band you should try this out. Their second album is also very good."
Yes!
J. J. Wells | Groton, CT United States | 01/01/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Once upon a time, I wrote a very thought out and spectacular review for this band/disc. Unfortunately, it seems to have been lost somewhere in cyberspace. Since I do not feel like trying to reproduce my once brilliant words (trust me) let me say only this: Flickerstick's WHTA is one of my "deserted island" CD's. (What 10 albums would you want with you if you were ever stranded on a....)



Flickerstick is great. This CD is great. But it. Don't make me re-write this again. My review gets worse each time!"