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3.0 out of 5 stars
A pretty solid smart-guy rock album, February 27, 2007
This review is from: Escape Velocity (Audio CD)
Ah, no reviews yet. My knees quiver as I hope I don't misrepresent this record.
So I'll start with a snippet from the Allmusic Guide review:
"Songwriter Joe Thebeau contemplates the human condition through the lens of automotive culture, mixing rock with popular physics in a song cycle examining our place amid the universal dynamics of speed, space, rest, and motion."
Power pop meets introspective indie rock, maybe? For me, this album ranges from the exciting (Dramamine for Engine 3) to the kinda boring (Universal Hum, Hangover...), from fresh (Concord Village...) to derivative (Guided by Voices clones "Recent Linear Landscapes", "Physics of Drunk Driving" and others, although one could step past GBV and suggest an aping of The Who instead).
I can't put my finger on the '90s-esque band that butts up against Guided by Voices as the best reference point for this band. Not Weezer.... not Replacements, not Fig Dish. Oh, well. Imagine a little more straightforward GBV with a more consistant lyrical approach: references to physics and automobiles and suburbia earnestly slung atop nicely overdriven guitars, thumping bass and drums. Worth hearing, but not my new favorite album!
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