Bad Blood LP fg_Catalog Number_5300221-Y Best Rock Album

Best Rock Album

the Busby Berkeley influenced psychedelia of Kenny Rogers and the First Edition’s “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition is In”) and the Gypsy Kings’ redefining take on the Eagles’ “Hotel California

It is a record about past heartbreaks and getting over them (‘Leave A Trace’)

is the crazy hybrid of slamming rock drumming and acoustic guitar The Front Bottoms are known for

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Bad Blood LP fg_Catalog Number_5300221-Y Best Rock AlbumWhile Bad Blood sounds lush, it was actually recorded in a tiny room on limited equipment apart from a day spent recording strings in the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Dan Smith, working with producer Mark Crew, aimed to approach each song differently. I wanted each to be its own story with its own atmosphere which brings in different sounds and elements of production, incorporating aspects of the different genres and styles that I love: hip hop,