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Music: The Music of Vietnam, Vol. 1.2
Live Korakuen Stadium [Import]
Live From Bonnaroo Music Festival 2002 [Live]
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
My Iron Lung Pt.1 [CD-single] [EP] [Import]
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The phone number--the hotline to snitch on carpool violators in Washington state--unfortunately provides no clues as to why this unassuming Northwest rock band gets better with each new release. Having expanded to a trio on 1998's Get Here and Stay, 764-HERO continue to batter their instruments with admirable power on the cheekily titled Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere. Crammed with heartbreaking melodies and reflective lyrics ("You're overlooking skylines for a change," John Atkins sings on "Skylines"), the group is neither stylistically nor emotionally that far removed from Neil Young's sonic masterstroke, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. On "Confetti Confessional" the group even grazes actual greatness, displaying equal measures of chops and indifference. --Aidin Vaziri