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Free Energy believes the ideal future exists today.
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Free Energy is a Philadelphia, PA band which includes Scott Wells, Paul Sprangers, Evan Wells, Geoff Bucknam, and Nick Shuminksy. Wells and Sprangers were both in now-defunct Hockey Night. Free Energy broadcasts melodic, hook-laden rock tunes with a heavy dose of bombastic glam and classic dust.
Where the similarly hook-tastic Hockey Night was reminiscent of Pavement and Truman’s Water, Free Energy shares more similarities with the heroes of old: Thin …
Free Energy
Stuck on Nothing
Released by DFA
Yes, Free Energy's debut Stuck On Nothing is on DFA and yes, it was produced by James Murphy. No, it has nothing do with 12-minute cosmic disco jams, Detroit house revival or sweaty dance floor anthems featuring Antony. Think of Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back In Town" and you've got exactly what Free Energy sounds like. At once a confounding sonic choice for DFA, philosophically, Free Energy couldn't fit in more perfectly. For the last however many years, no other label has been more (hyper)active in trying to get you to hang up your hang-ups and cut the fuck loose. Burned into slabs of wax around the globe, the slinky, spaced-out DFA sound has been built upon a manifesto of killing the cynical spirit. And if there's anything James Murphy has perfected, it's the art of disarming, of getting you to lighten up for once in your goddamned self-serious life. Which is where Free Energy comfortably steps in.
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Hipster-Knack fusionists Free Energy made their debut network TV appearance last night on Letterman. And while most young bands fall flat on television, singer Paul Sprangers has clearly spent enough time singing in front of the mirror to get his mug just right for the cameras. The group’s James Murphy-produced debut album came out digitally last week, but I might be adding FE to the list of bands worth checking out live.
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