Customer Reviews

Everest

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If yr a fan of 80's style Midwestern skronk (ie Naked Raygun, Arsenal, Bloodsport, etal) you're doing yourself a tremendous disservice not owning the entire Arcwelder catalog. "Everest" is a great place to start. Angular and crunchy as hell, kind of like if Bob Mould was in Mission of Burma. Every song a gem.

This is really a great CD. I love it, and you will, too. "Do Something Right," "A Ghostly Bishop," "All In Good Time," and "Will You Stay" all particularly stick in my mind. Besides Husker Du, I thought I sensed some Stone Roses influence on a few songs. I don't know; maybe it's my imagination.

Arcwelder sticks with their basic formula ( and a GOOD formula that is! )on their current release but manage to stretch themselves on tunes like "Will You Stay?" and "I Gave This Up For You" Why do idiots like Blink 182 rule the airwaves when classic albums like ENTROPY and EVEREST shine? This disc was well worth the 3 year wait. Buy it!

Every song on this cd is incredible. If you liked entropy, or any arcwelder album, you're going to like this one even better!

This is a good, solid rock album, heavy on the hooks and the syncopation. It could have benefitted from just a bit of studio changing-up, maybe a subtle effect here and there, and Bill's voice is a bit thin, but these guys do rock! My particular faves are Never The Same, I Know How You Are, and Treasured Island (which has to my ears a frantic Shudder To Think vibe to it). You can tell the guys are trying to stretch their sound to the limits in their minds of what trios can do. Not a "reach out and grab you" collection, but solid tunage nontheless.