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The three Summerlin brothers and Duke Boyne grew up together
in Houma, Louisiana, where they sang in church choirs, played
in school bands and helped each other buy their first garage-sale
instruments.
After several years as central figures
in a thriving live music scene in the college town of Fayetteville,
Arkansas, BE
recently relocated to Dallas, Texas, where they finished recording
Thistupidream and continue to write and perform new
material.
Using a portable studio and borrowed equipment, guitarist
Mark Summerlin produced and engineered Thistupidream
in the homes of band members and friends over a period of
nearly three years.
Some tracks were recorded in a single
take ("On the Last Day I Was Happy," "Raincoat" and "Space
Rat") while others lent themselves to prolonged seasoning
until they felt complete ("The Corporal's Daughter" and "Confession").
"The result sounds more like a major-label
production than a cobbled-together home recording job (Splendid
E-Zine)" and "stacks up against any major-label release you'd
care to name (Jim Santo's Demo Universe)." Thistupidream
was a nominee for "CD of the Year" at the Best of 2001 Dallas
Music Awards and a winner of “CD of the Year” at Kweevak.com’s
music portal.
"Fucking brilliant - I can't say enough
good about this record! Intelligent, passionate, literate,
inventive, catchy, rockin' - pick a desirable adjective, you've
got it here - Tunes that send chills up my spine every time
I hear them. BE
lights the way for a millennial rock renaissance."
Jim Santo's Demo Universe
"Easily one
of the better albums to come out of indie music this year."
Privy Magazine
"A damn fine
album - BE
have crafted an interesting, diverse and intelligent record
that is nonetheless bursting with potential hits."
Splendid E-Zine
"Thistupidream
is an album teetering on perfection - some of the most moving
and phenomenal music put down on disc in quite a while - everyone
who's a fan of brilliant pop music should find a lot to enjoy
here."
PopMatters
"Introspective,
worldly, modest and bold - modern rock like this is simply
beautiful."
Music-Reviewer.com
"Melancholy,
melodic pop - stylish, artistically savvy, all the elements
of success are here. The strengths apparent in (these songs)
are a pure testament to the group's pop marketability and
chart-able appeal. For that, they cement Texas as the home
of the next music explosion."
Score! Music Magazine
"Power pop
with a moody side - BE
knows how to craft some seriously intense songs."
Aiding and Abetting Zine
"Melodic harmonies
which will leech onto your eardrums. This band has the potential
to break big."
Under the Volcano
"I must have
litened to this CD a thousand times - each time I liked BE's
Thistupidream better and better - an album that exposes
a band that is ready to make an impression on the music world."
FM Sound - Indie Scene
“Melodic, poppy,
but loud – lush, soothing songs surrounding guitar-driven
bursts of energy – a beautifully crafted, well-executed, simmering
pop record."
In Music We Trust
"Melodic as
all hell."
Mediareader, Chicago
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