''Half Dead and Dynamite'' is an album by the Minnesota
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
band
Lifter Puller
Lifter Puller, or LFTR PLLR, was an American indie rock band from the Twin Cities and the Boston area between 1994 and 2000. Their music is considered innovative, with its angular riffs and a synth-infused sound that predated the 1980s revival ...
, released in 1997. The album was reissued in 2009.
Critical reception
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City Pages
''City Pages'' was an alternative newspaper serving the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area. It featured news, film, theatre and restaurant reviews and music criticism, available free every Wednesday. It ceased publication in 2020 due to a ...
'' wrote that singer Craig Finn "is a wry and bizarre punk poet, relating obscure tales of high-school depravity, boredom, and violence that unravel as teenage escape songs written from a semi-female perspective."
Track listing
#"To Live and Die in LBI" – 3:13
#"I Like the Lights" – 3:33
#"Sherman City" – 3:31
#"Naussau Coliseum" – 6:13
#"Kool NYC" – 1:42
#"Half Dead and Dynamite" – 3:21
#"The Bears" – 1:55
#"Hardware" – 2:24
#"The Gin and the Sour Defeat" – 3:51
#"Viceburgh" – 6:04
#"Rock for Lite Brite" – 2:23
References
External links
Archive of the official Lifter Puller discography
Lifter Puller albums
1997 albums
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