Is This Real? (CD)


The Wipers

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Tiffany Anders 08/31/2010

  Portland, Oregon based punk band The Wipers made their debut with Is This Real?, in 1980. Although sadly still not widely recognized by the masses, The Wipers were the true pioneers behind the grunge movement popularized in the Northwest cities of Seattle, Olympia, and Portland. Their debut album is angst-punk at its most brazen and honest. Songs like the title track, “Is This Real?” stand out with its powerful yet very dissonant guitar work, where the others stick to the basics with straight-up fast power chords, like that on “Tragedy”. Despite those qualities, there is definitely a darker element heard solely unique to this band that is quite strong, whether it is a general sense of isolation on songs like “Alien Boy” or the despair of “Potential Suicide” (which is quite obviously a song that inspired grunge rockers Nirvana). There is a textured quality to the work that carries a very singular vision. It could be held in the same regard as any great figure of the arts, from tragic poets to pioneering painters.



Track Listing



Disc 1 Titles
Artist
Length
1.
Return of the Rat
The Wipers 02:43
2.
Mystery
The Wipers 01:51
3.
Up Front
The Wipers 03:09
4.
Let's Go Away
The Wipers 01:52
5.
Is This Real?
The Wipers 02:41
6.
Tragedy
The Wipers 02:04
7.
Alien Boy
The Wipers 03:28
8.
D-7
The Wipers 04:08
9.
Potential Suicide
The Wipers 03:37
10.
Don't Know What I Am
The Wipers 02:59
11.
Window Shop for Love
The Wipers 03:03
12.
Wait a Minute
The Wipers 03:06
13.
Image of Man [Bonus Track]
The Wipers 02:31
14.
Telepathic Love [Bonus Track]
The Wipers 01:32
15.
Voices in the Rain [Bonus Track]
The Wipers 01:23

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