The Baseball Project - Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails (Silver Colored Vinyl)

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The Baseball Project - Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails

Vinyl LP Pressing
Silver Colored Vinyl

Release Date: 03/24/2023

Description:

Rock n' roll vets Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, R.E.M., Young Fresh Fellows) and Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, Danny & Dusty, Miracle 3) have an unhealthy love for music undermined only by an even more unhealthy love of baseball. The compatriots blend their two passions with The Baseball Project - Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails, an album of buzzing guitars and baseball back stories. The heroes and villains of America's (in)famous pastime are explored with cutting wit and fanboy detail in songs that satisfy both the summer's need for rock anthems and sweltering afternoon double-headers. Drummer Linda Pitmon (Miracle 3, Golden Smog) and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck round out the squad, as they spin tales of ill-fated drinking binges ('The Yankee Flipper', 'The Death of Big Ed Delahanty'), near mythical icons ('Ted F***ing Williams'), folk heroes ('Fernando', 'Satchel Paige Said') and, on 'Gratitude (For Curt Flood)', the overlooked man who changed the game. A passionately funny and sarcastically reverent commentary on the state of the sport, The Baseball Project provides a hip soundtrack to the backstage party at America's game.

Tracklist:

1. Past Time 02:57
2. Ted Fucking Williams 03:04
3. Gratitude (For Curt Flood) 03:23
4. Broken Man 02:52
5. Satchel Paige Said 02:25
6. Fernando 03:47
7. Long Before My Time 03:14
8. Jackie's Lament 03:25
9. Sometimes I Dream Of Willie Mays 03:33
10. The Death Of Big Ed Delahanty 03:35
11. Harvey Haddix 04:25
12. The Yankee Flipper 03:40
13. The Closer 04:24

LABEL: Yep Roc Records
UPC: 634457069114