Fiestas and Fiascos

Fiestas and Fiascos
Studio album by Lifter Puller
Released	February 8, 2000[1] (Self-Starter) February 15, 2000 (The Orchard)[2]
Genre	Post-punk
Length	30:47
Label	The Self-Starter Foundation (PSP 010)[1] The Orchard[2]
Producer	Dave Gardner and Eric Olsen
Lifter Puller chronology
The Entertainment and Arts EP (1998) Fiestas and Fiascos (2000) Soft Rock (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Pitchfork Media	(8.8/10)[4]

Fiestas and Fiascos is the final Lifter Puller LP composed of new material and the only album of theirs not included on Soft Rock. The record is much tighter than previous songs, following the direction implied by songs like "Secret Santa Cruz," where the band plays hook-centrically and vocalist Craig Finn sings with more vocal force (shouting at times) than melodicism. The almost exclusively mythological focus of "Fiestas..." in many ways foreshadows the approach Finn would take with The Hold Steady, as does the less melodic vocal approach. In addition, the record ends with the burning of the "Nice Nice", bringing the Lifter Puller Folklore back to its start.

Track listing

1. "Lonely in a Limousine" – 2:11
2. "Candy's Room" – 1:54
3. "Space Humping $19.99" – 2:45
4. "Manpark" – 2:33
5. "Lake Street Is for Lovers" – 1:06
6. "Nice Nice" – 3:35
7. "Katrina and the K-Hole" – 2:07
8. "Cruised and Accused of Cruising" – 1:37
9. "Touch My Stuff" – 2:36
10. "Lie Down on Landsdowne" – 3:36
11. "Lifter Puller vs. the End of the Evening" – 3:27
12. "The Flex and the Buff Result" – 3:21

References

1. "Lifter Puller". The Self-Starter Foundation.
2. "Fiestas + Fiascos". eMusic. Allmusic.
3. Allmusic review
4. Pitchfork Media review

• Archive of the official Lifter Puller discography

• Lifter_Puller_Fiestas_and_Fiascos Pitchfork review