01 Rock and Roll Station (.mp3)
02 Graduation
03 Robot
04 Sheridan Lane
05 Tell Me What You Want
06 The Closest Word
07 Young Man
08 My Love
09 Spacetime
10 Daydreams (robot's theme)
Release Date 10/14/2008 - The guys of Transportation met at Amherst College but
upon graduation the trio decided to move to Chapel Hill, NC to continue their music.
Now, close to 10 years later, they debut their long anticipated first full length record.
Through the years they've released a three song 7" and a 19 song cd-r only record
known as the Transportation Hour that was given away free to friends and fans.
Collectively, or individually, they've helped run local venues, rehearsal rooms and
studios, have played countless area shows and have lent their talents to many other
local groups.
As a band, the trio strive to remain sympathetic to the more traditional genres of
American and British Rock while also continuing to seek a contemporary relevance.
To that end they have achieved local success by underscoring the things they like so
much about the music they grew up with. Rather than trying to subvert, or in some
way refuse those influences, they incorporate them. Recorded by Nick Petersen @
Track & Field Studios in Carrboro, NC. RIYL: Big Star, The Replacements, Queen,
Badfinger and Guided By Voices.
www.myspace.com/transportation
Reviews:
"The ten tracks luxuriate like honey, laconic grooves radiating outward, spreading
warm sticky melodies everywhere. The sweet, swelling splendor lingers like
lavender, a lush aroma that seems too big to have been made by the three men of
Transportation.
The ease and confidence with which Transportation move between styles is
entrancing: While firmly rooted in an era and its accompanying aesthetic, the
arrangements wander with the bounded abandon of associative memories,
conjuring a playground of sounds from the same neighborhood. For this, Daydreams
is more alluring than the sum of its influences. It's both a loving tribute and a real
exploration, embracing sometimes florid, somewhat sentimental sound without
reserve." ~~ Chris Parker - Independent
Click here for a treasure trove of free, unreleased, Transportation downloads!!
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