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I'm in a terrible mood [which has nothing to do with this CD], so I'll make this quick: Death On Wednesday is what the Smoking Popes would have sounded like had they been from Southern California.

The band's 6 song EP [5 listed, 1 hidden] blends the morose vocal inflections of one Josh Caterer and fuses them together with a more punk influence coming from bands like Social Distortion and maybe even earlier Face To Face. Opening track "Simple Life" is an ass-shaker if there ever was one, with gang vocals supplying your daily allowance of "woahs." "Sympathy" is the group's first stab at an acoustic track, and lead vocalist Nathan Lawler sounds terrific on the song's chorus of "now you're killing me with your sympathy / and I don't want it that way and I don't want it here tonight."

Listed EP closer "Wait For Love" sounds *just* like "Gotta Know Right Now" by the aforementioned Popes, so if you like that song, you'll like this one, too. Then there's a hidden track that I don't so much care for, a bit of a folksy acoustic number that I'd rather skip over.

Overall, Death On Wednesday is good mid-tempo pop punk that succeeds in being entertaining while still being wholly unoriginal. Not a bad job.

MP3s
Simple Life
Wait For Love






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    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 25, 2005 at 11:06 PM (EDT)
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    all of you are fucking retarded, if anything he sounds like danzig. Morissey? maybe in the slightest bit but its a longshot

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 at 11:29 PM (EST)
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    There is a britpop band called the Happy Mondays if that rounds out the list.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 20, 2003 at 7:20 PM (EDT)
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    Weekday bands:

    Taking Back Sunday/The Sundays
    (can't think of a Monday, except Monday Morning, a local band in Northern California)
    Tuesday
    Death on Wednesday
    Thursday
    My Man Friday (Utah ska band)
    Saturday Supercade

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 20, 2003 at 7:20 PM (EDT)
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    I hope that 'sxa' below me is not stupid enough to truly not know that Morrissey is/WAS the lead singer of the Smiths. Please. And this EP is great.

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 26, 2003 at 12:47 AM (EDT)
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    not listen

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 26, 2003 at 12:46 AM (EDT)
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    I would say he sounds like morrisey, but he sounds more like the lead singer of the smiths.

    sxa

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 23, 2003 at 7:06 PM (EDT)
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    i like buying the lie.
    i probably won't pick this one up, just because i don't really need it. i'd rather spend $ on cds by bands i don't have.
    good band though.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 23, 2003 at 2:26 PM (EDT)
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    Bands need to stop naming themselves after days of the week. kinda neat at first now it just comes off as trendy.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at 3:52 PM (EDT)
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    Well, in an abstract way he kind of did compare the vocals to mr. morrissey when he compared them to morrissey jr.: josh caterer (don't take this the wrong way, i lovvee josh's voice and the popes) I think i'll check out this band since I love the popes and the smiths.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 7:54 PM (EDT)
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    his voice is morrissey-esque but the music is not.

    Posted by maverick on 2003-05-20 15:13:08
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    I actually was going to comment on the similarities to Morrissey, but to be honest, I'm not incredibly familiar with Morrissey, so I didn't want to make an uneducated comparison.

    That, and it was late and I just forgot.

    -Scott

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 1:42 PM (EDT)
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    Wednesday is a way better band than Death On Wednesday!!!

    -RaNcId PuNx

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 1:31 PM (EDT)
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    This is pretty good, so was their first record.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 1:05 PM (EDT)
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    yeah seriously. morrissey to like the nth degree. man this is shitty. go pick bona drag to hear the real deal.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 12:16 PM (EDT)
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    Very surprised their was no mention of Morrissey in the vocals department.

    Posted by inagreendase on 2003-05-20 11:03:42
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    oh shit when u highlight this item on the sidebar, it looks like the underscore is being stretched.

    CRAZY SHIT SON

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