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After touring heavily behind Darker Days, the Connells re-entered the studio in 1986 with producer Mitch Easter to record their second album, Boylan Heights.The decision to work with Easter continued to perpetuate the comparisons to R.E.M. Mike Connell's songwriting on Boylan Heights would provide most of the foundation for the band's live show sound for the remainder of their career.
Old School Dropouts is the eighth studio album by the American pop/rock band The Connells, released in October 2001.It was produced and released by the band themselves on their Black Park Records label after parting ways with TVT.
Michael Collier Connell is an American musician best known as the leader, guitarist and primary songwriter of The Connells, [1] an American band from Raleigh, North Carolina. They play a guitar-oriented, melodic jangle pop type of rock music with introspective lyrics that reflect themes and history of the American South .
Hats Off EP was The Connells' first release, preceding Darker Days. It includes early versions of "If It Crumbles", which also appears on Boylan Heights , and "Hats Off" which would later be re-recorded for the band's debut album Darker Days .
The Washington Post wrote: "Several numbers, such as 'Curly's Train' and 'Glade', dip into Uncle Tupelo-style alternative-country, but the best numbers, such as 'Circlin' ' and the title track, boast the jaded, ironic take on the Byrds and Beatles that defined Southeastern indie-rock in the '80s."
Fun & Games is the third studio album by the American band the Connells, released in 1989. [1] [2] It was recorded primarily at Fort Apache Studios, in Cambridge, MA, with additional recording at Studio 900 in New York City and Reflection Studio in Charlotte, NC.
Darker Days is the debut album by the American pop/rock band The Connells, initially released in 1985 on independent label Black Park Records in the United States, and on Demon Records in the UK. The Black Park and Demon versions are distinct, with different cover art and running order, the substitution of "In My Head" for "Dial It", and ...
One Simple Word is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Connells, released in October 1990. [4] [5]In the US, the album peaked at #168 on the Billboard 200, where it spent 18 weeks on the chart. [6]