Fractures received a very positive review today from Wildy Haskell of Wildy's World - Thanks very much, Wildy!

http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/2009/03/review-last-charge-of-light-horse.html

Here's the review:

Last Charge Of The Light Horse is no stranger to praise. The New York trio's debut CD, 2005's Getaway Car was named Independent Album of the Year for 2005 by The Daily Vault. Their song The Second Time Around was even featured on the PBS show Roadtrip Nation. Not afraid of the sophomore slump, Last Charge Of The Light Horse barreled into 2008 with Fractures, a Folk/Americana celebration of life's trials and tribulations. Vocalist/guitarist Jean-Paul Vest, Bassist AJ Riegger and drummer Jimmy Romanelli have captured lightning in a bottle the second time around.

Vest is a true wordsmith, creating aural oil paintings in music and lyric. The depth and movement of the music is surprising given that we're talking about a bare-bones trio. Fractures opens with The New Year, a wonderfully dark celebration of the turning of time with highly melodic and ethereal effects. This song is very catchy but in a quiet way that will surprise you. Face To Face has a Dire Straits feel to it. Vest has a similar vocal sound to Knopfler at times, and his guitar style goes there at times, although he never quite captures the level of subtlety Knopfler is capable of (who does?). Something Out Of Nothing is a poignant vignette that sounds like it might have been born of jam session between Dire Straits and Toad The Wet Sprocket.

One of my favorite tracks here, sprinkled with wry humor, is A New Expression. This is a song about being in the doghouse that will hit home for those in the know. Even if you're not it's a great song. The Switch Is On is a great rhythmic rock song, expressing change both in the lyrics and in the movement evident in the musical arrangement. Time is a great Americana/Rock song. Fans of The Cash Brothers or Skydiggers will love this tune. The last three songs on the CD are perhaps the best songwriting of the bunch. These aren't flashy songs in any fashion, just good, solid songwriting with a touch of magic. A Song Like Yours couldn't be any plainer but in its ordinariness finds a subtle beauty that shines out of its plaintive arrangement. Spring Ahead is aural painting, perfectly framed; a vignette on a relationship forever captured in song. 100,001 is story song about the day-to-day details of life that can bog people down, but turns the tables to find magic in the mundane.

Last Charge Of The Light Horse keeps it simple, and in simplicity finds magic and a complexity that is amazing. Fractures is a thing of beauty, a musical aesthetic that is destined to be under appreciated in a music business with an attention span shorter than that of Tom from 50 First Dates. The overall dynamic here will be too mellow for some, but there is an incredibly vibrant energy that runs through even the coolest of moments on Fractures, but it’s a disc that really requires your full attention. You'll get out of it what you put into it. Fractures is a Wildy's World Certified Desert Island Disc; A classic.

Rating: 5 Stars (Out of 5)

Our song "A New Expression" from Fractures is the featured single of the day for March 10th at singleoftheday.com. Check it out here:

http://www.singleoftheday.com/2009/03/10/express-yourself/
And thanks very much to Jody Whitesides!
jp

Fractures is now spinning on 212 stations, charting a total of 33 times on 14 different stations, and even charting at #1 on two stations! A great big sloopy THANK YOU! goes out to the following stations:

WSCW Worcester MA (Charted at #1 !!)
WCVM Morrisville NY (Charted at #1 !!)
WBKE North Manchester IN (Charted at #4)
WECS Willimantic CT (#1 ADD , Charted at #6)
KMNR Rolla MO (Charted at #13)
KCAC East Camden AR (Charted at #16)
WUPX Marquette MI (Charted at #11)
WMLU Farmville VA (Charted at #12)
WMCR Monmouth IL (Charted at #20)
WUTS Sewanee TN (#4 ADD, Charted at #22)
KWCR Ogden UT (Charted at #24)
KDWG Dillon MT (#4 ADD, Charted at #24)
WDTS Georgetown DE (#3 ADD, Charted at #25)
WAIH Potsdam NY (Charted at #25)

WUMM Machias ME (#3 ADD)
KBSU Boise ID
WWHR Bowling Green KY
WCVF Fredonia NY
WKWZ Syosset NY
WDWN Auburn NY
KVSC St. Cloud MN
WMVL Purchase NY (#2 ADD)
M3 Radio New York NY (#5 ADD)
KCSS Turlock CA
KANM College Station TX
KNWD Natchitoches LA
KRNL Mt. Vernon IA
KRSC Claremore OK
KSCL Shreveport LA
KSHU Huntsville TX
KSYM San Antonio TX
WXJM Harrisonburg VA
WSUP Platteville WI
WOUB Athens OH
WMTU Houghton MI
WKKL West Barnstable MA
WKPX Sunrise FL
WLOY Baltimore MD
WHFR Dearborn MI
WCCS Norton MA
KKSM San Marcos CA (#5 ADD)
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Rainy Dawg Seattle WA
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We were excited to see that Fractures, following the footsteps of its older sibling Getaway Car, was named the best indie album of 2008 by Jason Warburg of the Daily Vault (http://www.dailyvault.com/article.php5?id=171). Now Getaway Car won't be able to tease it any more…

Fractures, the new CD from Last Charge of the Light Horse, is finally here! These 11 songs were produced by veteran studio whiz Bob Stander at Freeport's Vu Du Studios. Bob's also a pretty amazing guitar player, and we talked him into playing on a couple of the tunes. Also making a guest appearance is drummer Larry Eagle, who you might recognize from Bruce Springsteen's Sessions Band, featured on his Live in Dublin DVD. And yes, those are the angelic voices of longtime Last Charge pals John & Wendy and Frank Bruno singing on track 5. The CD was mastered by Gene Paul, son of the legendary guitar player Les Paul. Let me tell you, nothing beats hearing your music on a pair of $10,000 speakers while Gene regales you with stories of his days as an engineer at Atlantic Records, recording the likes of Aretha Franklin.

The artwork for the CD was painted by Brooklyn artist Rami Efal.The CD package was made in the USA from %100 green forestry practices board with a minimum of %10 post-consumer recycled content, and was printed using all-vegetable inks.

As for the music, we'll let reviewer Jason Warburg of the Daily Vault tell you about that:

http://www.dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=5462

Factures is available now at cdbaby.com. Use this link: http://cdbaby.com/cd/lcotlh2

We also hope you'll visit us at our website www.lastcharge.com, or at www.myspace.com/lastcharge.

Plans are in the works for a CD release show, and we'll update you as soon as the details are finalized.

In the meantime, we're going to ask you for two favors:

The first is this: over the years, lots of people have let us know how the music has become a part of their lives. We want to know your story! Tell us how you played our CD on the tour bus in Australia on your honeymoon. Tell us how your girlfriend dumped you by quoting our lyrics (sorry about that, by the way). Tell us how hearing our song made you stop work in the middle of the day to call your wife and tell her you love her. If you have a story, share it with us!

And the second favor is this: if you know someone who likes music, tell them about the band! Lend them the CD! Do your part to support local music by telling one other person about the band. And thank you in advance!

Hope you enjoy the music!
Jean-Paul

p.s. You can see more of Rami Efal's great artwork at www.ramiefal.com

The PBS television show RoadTrip Nation had decided to include the song "The Second Time Around" from our CD Getaway Car on episode 10 of their program. The series airs this fall on PBS. Check your local listings for schedule and times.