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How To Fall Down In Public

Feb 24, 2009, 3:40pm

Howie Beck How To Fall Down In Public 13 Clouds Records Release Date: 02.24.09 Howie Beck is more than a producer, singer or songwriter. He is a rock historian who writes chronology in his albums. On How To Fall Down In Public , Beck's first album in four years, he revisits the progression of pop music from the 1960s to its redundant present: the bouncy Motown bassline and acoustic layering on opening track "You'd Better Watch Out For The Fuzz" contains the raw whimsy of Kelley Stoltz , while melancholy pop [...]

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