American Mars is:
Thomas Trimble (vocals, guitar)
David Feeny (peda… Read Full Bio ↴American Mars is:
Thomas Trimble (vocals, guitar)
David Feeny (pedal steel, guitar, backing vocals, keyboards)
Garth Girard (upright bass, electric bass, backing vocals)
Alex Trajano (drums)
Since its inception in the late nineties, American Mars has been a musical anomaly in their hometown of Detroit. In a town often passed over by touring Americana acts and dominated by garage and punk, the band has persevered for nearly a decade with its unique brand of atmospheric roots-influenced rock.
American Mars’ 2003 release, No City Fun, combined indie-rock elements with Eno/Lanois-influenced soundscapes. Reviewers compared the band’s music to such diverse artists as Joe Henry, the Dream Syndicate, Tom Petty, and Blue Nile while their emotional and cathartic live shows earned them support slots for 16 Horsepower, The National, Clem Snide, Tim Easton, Elbow, Magnolia Electric Company, and The Black Heart Procession.
On the group’s latest record, Western Sides, American Mars has embraced a more direct approach to both songwriting and its sense of theme and place. Western Sides covers ample ground in its 11 songs, from the lonesome grace of “Long Walk Home,” to the cutting defiance of “Democracity,” and the whispered elegy of “Sunray,” but under the direction of the band’s pedal steel player and producer David Feeny (Blanche, Loretta Lynn, The White Stripes), the band’s ranging impulses are brought together to create something more than the sum of its songs.
Says Feeny, “On No City Fun, we built the record inside-out, started with just the skeleton of voice, guitar and pedal steel and over the next year shuttled in friends and found sounds to flesh it out. While keeping our musical aesthetic, Western Sides was approached as a band that had found a cohesive voice. The sessions were done in small doses of two or three songs each and we cut live, giving us the ability to work out all the emotions of the songs on the spot. The devils are in the details.”
Lyrically, Western Sides finds singer/songwriter Thomas Trimble exploring the themes of fidelity, fear, and desire through the eyes of characters wrestling with the baffling extremes of everyday life.
“I’ve always been interested in lyrics that find mystery in the everyday like ‘Norwegian Wood,’ or ‘You Still Believe in Me,’ from Pet Sounds,” says Trimble. “Most pop songs I hear today just sound so unbelievable but I realize that at the end of day we all want songs to take us somewhere outside ourselves so that’s what I was going for with a lot of the lyrics on this record.”
If Western Sides is the sound of a band exploring new ground, part of the explanation may be found in the personal journey its members had to make getting there. Recording for the record began in the fall of 2003 on the heels of the band’s last shows in support of No City Fun and their appearance at South by Southwest. Sessions halted in early 2004, however, when bassist Garth Girard was diagnosed with colon cancer. As a result, the band’s attention turned to assisting Garth and his family through his surgery, treatment and recovery. Band members David Feeny and Thomas Trimble helped raise over $2,500 for Garth’s family by running in Detroit’s annual marathon and the band added a page to its website where friends and fans could post their well-wishes. Garth was given a clean bill of health in 2006, and the band soon returned to writing and recording material with a renewed sense of mission and appreciation for each other and their music.
“Western Sides,” says Trimble, “is about more than proving to ourselves we could still make music that we wanted to hear or that we felt made us better people. It’s also about strength, commitment, and the sheer stubbornness of survival, be that physical, emotional, or spiritual. In that respect this record is as much for us as it is for the people who have followed us over the years. We really feel like we’re in this together.”
Thomas Trimble (vocals, guitar)
David Feeny (peda… Read Full Bio ↴American Mars is:
Thomas Trimble (vocals, guitar)
David Feeny (pedal steel, guitar, backing vocals, keyboards)
Garth Girard (upright bass, electric bass, backing vocals)
Alex Trajano (drums)
Since its inception in the late nineties, American Mars has been a musical anomaly in their hometown of Detroit. In a town often passed over by touring Americana acts and dominated by garage and punk, the band has persevered for nearly a decade with its unique brand of atmospheric roots-influenced rock.
American Mars’ 2003 release, No City Fun, combined indie-rock elements with Eno/Lanois-influenced soundscapes. Reviewers compared the band’s music to such diverse artists as Joe Henry, the Dream Syndicate, Tom Petty, and Blue Nile while their emotional and cathartic live shows earned them support slots for 16 Horsepower, The National, Clem Snide, Tim Easton, Elbow, Magnolia Electric Company, and The Black Heart Procession.
On the group’s latest record, Western Sides, American Mars has embraced a more direct approach to both songwriting and its sense of theme and place. Western Sides covers ample ground in its 11 songs, from the lonesome grace of “Long Walk Home,” to the cutting defiance of “Democracity,” and the whispered elegy of “Sunray,” but under the direction of the band’s pedal steel player and producer David Feeny (Blanche, Loretta Lynn, The White Stripes), the band’s ranging impulses are brought together to create something more than the sum of its songs.
Says Feeny, “On No City Fun, we built the record inside-out, started with just the skeleton of voice, guitar and pedal steel and over the next year shuttled in friends and found sounds to flesh it out. While keeping our musical aesthetic, Western Sides was approached as a band that had found a cohesive voice. The sessions were done in small doses of two or three songs each and we cut live, giving us the ability to work out all the emotions of the songs on the spot. The devils are in the details.”
Lyrically, Western Sides finds singer/songwriter Thomas Trimble exploring the themes of fidelity, fear, and desire through the eyes of characters wrestling with the baffling extremes of everyday life.
“I’ve always been interested in lyrics that find mystery in the everyday like ‘Norwegian Wood,’ or ‘You Still Believe in Me,’ from Pet Sounds,” says Trimble. “Most pop songs I hear today just sound so unbelievable but I realize that at the end of day we all want songs to take us somewhere outside ourselves so that’s what I was going for with a lot of the lyrics on this record.”
If Western Sides is the sound of a band exploring new ground, part of the explanation may be found in the personal journey its members had to make getting there. Recording for the record began in the fall of 2003 on the heels of the band’s last shows in support of No City Fun and their appearance at South by Southwest. Sessions halted in early 2004, however, when bassist Garth Girard was diagnosed with colon cancer. As a result, the band’s attention turned to assisting Garth and his family through his surgery, treatment and recovery. Band members David Feeny and Thomas Trimble helped raise over $2,500 for Garth’s family by running in Detroit’s annual marathon and the band added a page to its website where friends and fans could post their well-wishes. Garth was given a clean bill of health in 2006, and the band soon returned to writing and recording material with a renewed sense of mission and appreciation for each other and their music.
“Western Sides,” says Trimble, “is about more than proving to ourselves we could still make music that we wanted to hear or that we felt made us better people. It’s also about strength, commitment, and the sheer stubbornness of survival, be that physical, emotional, or spiritual. In that respect this record is as much for us as it is for the people who have followed us over the years. We really feel like we’re in this together.”
Make It Up
American Mars Lyrics
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#22 Gotta make a song just to feel alive I don't wanna…
Alonzo Holt I make it up as I go I make it up…
Anaïs Mitchell It was a bad summer you said You worked as a…
B.C. Read Always shaken No mistakes and It took too many times to take…
Beatie Wolfe Make it up If you can′t find the proof you need "Make…
Ben Kweller I need a new direction to get me around You don't…
Bodyjar Taken all my chances Wondering if your still around There ar…
Carla Werner Take me away Set me in sleep Promise not to wake up Not…
Cheap Fakes Malhajamyeon neoreul saranghago ittaneun mariya Hajiman nane…
Controller Burned up in my stance Plastic hearts and soulless trance Gy…
D. Rogers Yo, bring the noise! Okay, let's go! あの手やこの手 上辺の作戦？ 思い知りぃや …
Danny Hunter & The Giants Sometimes I feel like I'm the enemy People watching me Like …
J. C. Lodge Ooh, oh, yeah Ooh, yeah Gotta make it up (Make it up, m…
Jc Lodge Ooh, oh, yeah Ooh, yeah Gotta make it up (Make it up, make…
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Jr. Boss Better Make it Up, for I shut it down Better make…
Kelechi We all finna die one day So I'm gone live it…
Lights Follow Gravity claws when you spread your wings Now it's in your…
Paris We can never make up I can never say none All she…
Pluma Yeah, uh, ooh, yeah, hey Shawty imma make it up (make…
Rasmus Hagen For all the times you let me in All those times…
Sam Tsui I make it up as I go I make it up…
Shady Bug I just wanted to know if you could go to…
Shura One girl on the last train Small change in the universe,…
Squirtgun You never told me lies, But you couldn't find the truth Al…
Stacey Kent The history of love’s told Every day in songs and books…
Suave Late night chillin got my head spin'n Took 2 for the…
Tasha T No one loves December more than me The month that moves…
The Blow I thought I knew what love was but Turns out I'd…
The Fireballs Well, it's Saturday night and I just got paid, Fool about…
The Tealeaves In this life, try to be perfect all the time…
Tigers Jaw I can understand if you're bored But I don't ever want…
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Sasha Marie
The environment looks really good! Pretty jarring though compared to the stiff and wonky character models. The models look like they are from the first “Life is strange” game lol. Also that climbing mechanic really irritated me after like the fourth time. It’s just so tedious. However, the story kept me hooked and wanting to continue watching all the way through. Not engaged enough for me to wanna buy and play myself.
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@CryMore_TTV We hope that the designers will make her face as beautiful as they did with Resident Evil 2))
La Petit Mort
@CryMore_TTV are you an npc enjoyer as well 😏
CryMore_TTV
agree, its like ugly girl simulator 😂 what is going on with modern gaming 🤯 cyberpunk has hotter chicks just walking around the city
DarkTraveler09
I remember playing Deliver us the Moon when it released, and was intrigued by the story that was told within it. And when I saw the ending, I knew I wanted more... and was hoping for it. When I heard this game was being made, I was utterly excited and intrigued to see how things would develop and what type of story we would be given. Now, over all... I'm not disappointed. The story, the environment, the characters... all of it was worth the wait, at least in my opinion. I will admit that the ending just felt so... dark. Makes you wonder if we'll ever get a follow-up it, or if this is one of the 'you determine your own ending with what you've been given' sort of scenario. The theme of these games are just so deep, and... at least on a personal level, really makes you question a lot of things.
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NaMeLeSS
imagine this as a survival base building game with monsters roaming in mars. Would be lovely experience.
WF B3
Just 4 min into the game and it's already spectacularly beautiful (3:38) with the sun coming up. Looks to be a really good game plot wise, I hope. 😊
Great opening sequence!
Tyler Gilpin
@Tera Chad I somewhat agree. It's not the greatest but not the worst. That hair glitch is annoying AF. Kathy's child body at the beginning and adult head was hilarious. It's true it needs some more polish. Hopefully they'll fix with patches.
My Wife's Boyfriend
It's ok.