ARTIST: Wakefield
TITLE: Which Side Are You On?
LABEL: Jive Records
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 229kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 52min total
RELEASE DATE: 17 May 2005
RIP DATE: 02 May 2005

Track List

01. Without You (Which Side Are     3:10
You On?)
02. Take Off                        4:25
03. C'Mon Baby                      3:21
04. Quietly Complaining             3:06
05. New Game                        3:23
06. Only One                        3:10
07. Clean 1145                      2:04
08. Asleep On Broken Teeth          3:04
09. Hors d'oeuvres avant le coup    3:24
d'etat (Picture Frame)
10. Girl With A Beat                2:55
11. After School Special            3:44
12. Around                          4:03
13. Shrine                         12:53

Release Notes:

Wakefield's Which Side Are You On? is the sound of a band maturing, fast.
Where some bands go on tour, this one went to school. Between hearing the
Beatles inspired "C'mon Baby," which changes time signatures between the
chorus and verses but still manages to be as hooky as a tackle box, or the
smart riffs and layered harmonies of "Quietly Complaining," you'd be
forgiven for wondering if this really is the same band that debuted with
the buoyant pop-punk of American Made in 2003.

Ryan Escolopio and J.D Tennyson, the band's singer and lead guitarist,
first teamed up as high school freshman with the addition of Ryan's brother
Aaron, former Good Charlotte drummer, and cousin Mike Schoolden on bass.
After years of playing in cover bands and booking their own tours, they had
a serious talk to discuss their goals.

The foursome eventually found their way to Arista, releasing American Made.
But when an opportunity to start fresh presented itself, says JD, they were
ready for a change: "We scratched what we knew and started over with
everything. It just felt right for us." Wakefield now has a home at Jive
Records.

The evidence of Wakefield's medical journal-worthy growth spurt is 2005's
Which Side Are You On?, set for release on June 14. "C'mon Baby" takes a
page from Sgt. Peppers' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and features the
aforementioned time-signature shift: "The verse is somewhere around 142 bpm,"
Ryan says, "and the chorus maneuvers to completely different tempo - it was
kind of a 'Let's see if we can do this' type thing." The song also drags 30
year-old power pop conventions into the 21st Century by dropping a jabbering
rap in the middle. Even better, it's an ebullient song about sex.

Wakefield are:
Ryan Escolopio - Vocals, Guitar
J.D. Tennyson - Guitar, Vocals
Mike Schoolden - Bass, Vocals
Aaron Escolopi - Drums