Nashville has always loomed large in the entirety of Tower Defense’s discography but In the City finds the Music City playing a larger role than ever. The full-length album contains ten tracks of finely tuned bombastic rock inspired maddening politicians, rapidly-gentrifying neighborhoods and even a fevered tornado dream.
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1
Manifest Destiny
Tower Defense
2:27
2
Schools
Tower Defense
2:24
3
Richard Nixon's Saferoom
Tower Defense
2:34
4
Theme from Renewal
Tower Defense
2:17
5
Under the Sea
Tower Defense
2:57
6
Room Service
Tower Defense
1:51
7
Pool Party
Tower Defense
1:31
8
Consequences
Tower Defense
2:45
9
In the City
Tower Defense
2:40
10
No Place at Home
Tower Defense
2:02
Credits
All songs written and performed by Tower Defense
Jereme Frey - drums, vocals
Currey May - guitar, vocals
Mike Shepherd - tenor bass, vocals
Sarah Shepherd -bass, vocals
Recorded and Mixed by Jeremy Ferguson at Battle Tapes
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege
Cover Art by Ben Smythe
All Songs © & ℗ 2020 DESTROY THIS MONUMENT (ASCAP)
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Press
“This is the only ‘personal’ song I've ever written for Tower Defense,” writes singer-songwriter/tenor-bassist Mike Shepherd. “The verses are about growing old in one's own ‘scene,’ finding oneself old and fat and invisible, but refusing to fade away. Writing these words made me feel uncomfortable and self-conscious, so the coda pivots into horror — drinking the blood of the young to steal their youth like Elizabeth Bathory.”