New Math - Die Trying 7″
July 2nd, 2006 at 10:29 am
Total killer powepop/punk that have been covered by americas the Parasites. The b-side is such a dissapointment concidering the a-side is a first class song. Gary Trainer the man behind Die Trying is still active: Atomic Swindlers Diamond Dreamer. And here’s a fan page from 2001: New Math Fan Page.
This is the UK pressing. The US version has a diffrent cover and another track on the flip which shall be as bad as Angela. Released several records after this which aren’t too exciting.
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Reliable
Format: 7″
Songs:
Die Trying.mp3
Angela
July 6th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
November 21st, 2006 at 5:19 pm
Die Trying is a great power pop tune, the only other song that New Math ever recorded that was anything like Die Trying was Hot Sounds which appeared on a local radio station LP in Rochester. As for the rest of the New Math recordings, they were more psychedelic and new wavy sounding and dark in theme. New Math had a chance to hit it big as an 80’s new wave band, but split instead and reformed as the cowpunk group Jet Black Berries. Their music was more like Gram Parsons setting a William S Burroughs western to song. Most of the members of the band are now in The Atomic Swindlers, which is much more of a glam band in the Bowie Ziggy Stardust mode….
Oh and I like Angela, it’s a tribute to the girl groups of the 1960’s and not a power pop tune…