Following the success of the outfit's first album Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes & Dying Quails -- the band performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, was featured in the official World Series Program and Sports Illustrated among others -- baseball's sardonic rock chroniclers are back with Volume 2: High and Inside, an even more detailed look at the stories behind the stories of America's Favorite Pastime. Their second season finds band members Steve Wynn (The Miracle 3, The Dream Syndicate), Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows, R.E.M.), Linda Pitmon (The Miracle 3, Golden Smog) and Peter Buck (R.E.M.) drilling down even deeper into the Byzantine, lore-laden annals of baseball history. Volume 2 also includes guests spots by Craig Finn of The Hold Steady, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan, as well as Chris Funk and John Moen of The Decemberists, dispelling any fears of a sophomore slump. A1 1976 A2 Panda And The Freak A3 Fair Weather Fans A4 Don't Call Them Twinkies A5 Chin Music A6 Buckner's Bolero A7 Tony (Boston's Chosen Son) B8 Ichiro Goes To The Moon B9 The Straw that Stirs the Drink B10 Look Out Mom B11 Pete Rose Way B12 Twilight of My Career B13 Here Lies Carl Mays
Release date:
March 24, 2023
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