Stay Calm, by Bone of Contention

Stay Calm

by Bone of Contention

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1.	Like Richard Brautigan, Lonesome on a Saturday Night 02:58	info	buy track
2.	We'll Do Fine 03:53	info	buy track
3.	Bowling Pin 01:13	info	buy track
4.	Crawl 03:43	info	buy track
5.	All the Things You Could Be By Now If Henry Miller's Wife Was Your Mother 04:48	info	buy track
6.	Smoke 04:23	info	buy track
7.	They Are Us 02:23	info	buy track
8.	Exhilaration of the Youth 02:30	info	buy track
9.	Too Hot For the Old City 04:04	info	buy track
10.	Codger 02:56	info	buy track
11.	Sunbeam in My Soul 03:08	info	buy track
12.	Feeling Fade 03:52	info	buy track
13.	In the High Valley 02:44	info	buy track
14.	Train Song 03:08	info	buy track
15.	Forced Confession 03:06	info	buy track
16.	Stay Calm 02:32	info	buy track
17.	(Hidden Track) 02:21	info	buy track

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“…a kind of torn and frayed power pop…a record the reflects all the energy of a good night playing out plus adding something to that energy by way of arrangements, production, etc.” – In Pittsburgh Newsweekly

“…A fluctuation in musical styles that sometimes gets you thinking you’re listening to a compilation album of three or four different bands instead of just one.” – The Pitt News

“They deny it, but I detect a Doors influence.” - Pittsburgh DJ on a commercial station, introducing “All The Things…” on a local music show.

Stay Calm revealed how productive Bone of Contention had been in the ensuing years when it arrived three years after the Pittsburgh band’s first album (48 Points of View). The results came with far-reaching lyrical outlook. Lila Shaara could spew bile (“Crawl”) and love (“Smoke”) equally, or survey the post-apocalyptic landscape (“Sunbeam In My Soul,” “In the High Valley”) with amazing rhyming skills. Mike Shanley let his Minutemen flag fly (“Like Richard Brautigan, Lonesome On a Saturday Night,” “Bowling Pin” - the latter an open letter to the late D. Boon) and handed in his first song about the struggles of writing, a subject that would recur every few years — “All The Things You Could Be By Now If Henry Miller’s Wife Was Your Mother,” a title borrowed from Charles Mingus. (Incidentally, it owes absolutely nothing to the work of the Doors.) Barb Madaus, who switched from drums to guitar on her songs, offered a cathartic song about intense relationships (“Feeling Fade”) as well as laidback reflections of love (“Train Song”). Wise also turned in a spirited instrumental (“Exhilaration of the Youth”) that straddled a jam groove and the primitive hooks of a band like Pylon.

The original CD release paid homage to the analog past. Its sleeve design broke the 16 tracks into Side 1 and Side 2 programs. Additionally the disc opened and closed with the sound of the original record player from Shanley’s childhood home. The machine’s rhythmical moving parts were, to his young ears, a key part of the listening experience and saluted the days of vinyl. (However, that’s not the final sound on the disc. The album features an unlisted track, written and sung by Madaus and based on a true experience.)

Bart Wise passed away in 2018 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, and the re-release of this album is dedicated to him.

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released February 4, 2022

Barb Madaus – Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Guitar (12, 14)
Lila Shaara – Vocals, Guitar, Bass (14)
Mike Shanley- Vocals, Bass, Organ, Drums (12, 14), Guitar solo (1)
Bart Wise – Lead Guitar, Vocals, Bass (12)

Produced by Bone of Contention
Engineered by Steve Cunningham
Recorded in February and March 1993 at Pittsburgh Sound Productions
Cover art/Igor logo by Rob Rayshich

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Bone of Contention Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lila, Mike, Barb & Sean (and Bart, later on) played post-punk/pre-indie rock songs that were catchy and literate, sometimes funny and sometimes dark. The Bone (as they called themselves) lived in Pittsburgh from 1986-1995, Igor was their label. More back catalog releases to come in the near future. ... more

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