The Meadowlands Free MP3, Song Download, Lyrics, Album Track List

The Wrens

The Meadowlands

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PLAY QUEUE 1 The House That Guilt Built		save
PLAY QUEUE 2 Happy		save
PLAY QUEUE 3 She Sends Kisses		save
PLAY QUEUE 4 This Boy is Exhausted		save
PLAY QUEUE 5 Hopeless		save
PLAY QUEUE 6 Faster Gun		save
PLAY QUEUE 7 Thirteen Grand		save
PLAY QUEUE 8 Boys, You Won't		save
PLAY QUEUE 9 Ex-Girl Collection		save
PLAY QUEUE 10 Per Second Second		save
PLAY QUEUE 11 Everyone Choose Sides		save
PLAY QUEUE 12 13 Months in 6 Minutes		save
PLAY QUEUE 13 This is Not What You Had Planned		save

MOG Editorial Review

Despite only releasing three records in the span of their 22 year career, the Wrens have nonetheless earned the reputation of being on of the best indie bands around, even as fans have waited over eight years for them to follow up The Meadowlands, their latest masterpiece. The straightforward sound on the record is deceptive, and those patient enough to give a close listen to it have discovered a set of songs that are wonderfully varied in both mood and sound. Opener "The House That Guilt Built" is a calm, folksy affair, while tracks like "Shot Rock-Splitter to God" is a slice of garage-rock heaven. More importantly, it's an album that captures not only the angst of youth, but the growing pains that come with old age, an album perfect for looking back one last time before preparing to settle down.
AMG Review of Meadowlands

Heather Phares
All Music Guide

The Wrens' third album, The Meadowlands, is a sprawling, shifting affair, perhaps reflecting the fact that it took four years to create. It's easy to take the sweet, slightly alt-country "13 Months in 6 Minutes" at face value -- the song's epic feel suggests the passing of a considerable chunk of time, and at the Wrens' pace, it's possible that it did take over a year to craft. Rather fittingly, the album itself is also long, and the way that its songs jump and shift in tone and mood suggests a series of journal entries strung together, connected loosely by an overall brokenhearted feeling. A pair of bitterly pretty songs open The Meadowlands after the interlude "The House That Guilt Built" sets the tone with its early summer evening atmosphere: on "Happy," the Wrens sing "Are you happy?/You got what you want/I'm over it now," revealing their true feelings before shimmering guitars carry the song off on another tangent; "She Sends Kisses" goes from whispery, late-night anguish to high drama. Like Secaucus, most of the album trades in a classic indie rock sound -- just this side of accessible, but not overly experimental either. "This Boy Is Exhausted" and the new wavey "Faster Gun" are deceptively simple, bright, and shiny but with underlying complexities that provide a sharp contrast to the album's gentler moments, such as the shambling beauty of "Thirteen Grand" and the sweetly twangy "Ex-Girl Collection." The Meadowlands saves some of its most rock moments for the end of the album: "Per Second Second," an angular, Pixies-esque bit of punk, and the anthemic "Everyone Chooses Sides" send the album out in a blaze of glory that initially seems a little at odds with the melancholy tone of the rest of the album but, after a few listens, reveals itself as strangely appropriate. It's possible that The Meadowlands might be a "better" album if it were more focused and logical, but there's something to be said for its immersive, stream-of-consciousness approach. It's also tempting to say that hopefully it won't take the Wrens as long to make their next album as it did to make The Meadowlands, but when the results are this good, the time it took to make the album is more than justified.