Anaesthetic

Milemarker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jade Tree
• ASIN: B00005O55A
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,386 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pink!, January 30, 2002

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"antoninko" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anaesthetic (Audio CD)

Although the album is entirely pink with Pegasus on the cover, the music is anything but cute. Although not as brutal as their previous releases, it is their most solid material to date. Roby has fully stepped from behind the light board and helped Milemarker acheive a mildly ominous sound (which does reflect the time).

The lyrics shoot straight to the point without falling into the trap of trying to be creative. The words seem effortless and the tone matches the mood of the music. A listen to "Ant Architect" confirms all of this.

Although it did take me a few listens to appreciate it, those of you who have never heard of Milemarker before will probably like it.

5.0 out of 5 stars (Among the) Best of the Obscure Among 2001's Albums, January 29, 2002

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Jenny (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anaesthetic (Audio CD)

Some punk purists don't like it that Milemarker is putting more new wave in its punk, more pop in its politics and more alternating male-female vocals in its songs, but all of this is making it a better band. Some compare the new Milemarker to the Faint, but in its use of technology to build a thesis about man and machine it's more akin to Grandaddy.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars futuristic punk?, April 5, 2002

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S. R Robertson "crap basket" (Oh Henry?) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anaesthetic (Audio CD)

Although not as rocking and widespred as I anticipated it to be, Milemarker's Aneasthetic is still an entertatining venture into postpunk new wave and lyric experimentation. The thing that I disliked about the album is that certain songs had chords repeated endlessly with very little innovation, where they could've easily blown the seams but kept riding. Aside from this, and the fact that it only has 7 songs at 45 minutes, it's still a cool adventure. The standouts for me are "A Quick Trip To The Clinic", where the male lead singer narrates a tale of getting turned on by the nurse...; "Ant Architect", all about creating a virtual city with all the tentalating prospects; "The Installment Plan", which appears to be about destruction and such, is one of the more angstish on the record. Roby makes interesting vocal patterns on "Food For Worms" (high pitched falsetto, sort of like Portishead or Tori Amos) and "Lost The Thoughts.." (nasal glam cabaret, which makes the track one of the coolest sounding), but these are also the hardest to understand cause the lyrics get jumbled...