4.0 out of 5 stars
"Fever"ed music, July 18, 2003
This review is from: Fever in the Ice Age (Audio CD)
3d5spd (it'spronounced "three-D-five-speed") is not your typical band. Utilizing a motley jumble of instruments, it seems to specialize in catchy multilayered alternative music with a bit of everything. It's definitely worth a look.
There's the immensely catchy "Situation," the more complicated and eletronic "Now & Again," three short, haunting and scintillating tracks called "Celsius One," "Celsius Two" and "Celsius Three," the rocking "LightWeight," the shimmering "Neon Seasons," the heavy-groove "We Accelerate," and others.
To some degree, 3d5spd resembles the more flamboyant Flaming Lips, except that 3d5spd is somewhat less likably peculiar most of the time. The similarities come through in tracks like the instrumental "Celsius" trio, and even Chris Hoke's vocals. But 3d5spd is very much its own animal; the feel of the music is subtle or fun, depending on what it is. A bit of psychelic, a bit of pop, a bit of rock and plenty of electronic sound. (Since they say their mission statement is "to liquidate dream deficit with decibalization hallucination infiltration excitation," you can see this is not some boyband)
In fact, very few of the songs really sound alike -- there's the songs that are more straightforward rock, but also songs tinged by synthesization and electronic sounds, not to mention the exquisite instrumentals. (The Celsius Trio is among the best instrumentals I've heard) And the lyrics are fantastic, very well-written and never overwhelmed by the wonderful music. ("You see the lights in Vegas are goin' down/'cause even the neon seasons change/they flicker all around you/like fireflies on their wings")
Check out 3d5spd's "Fever in the Ice Age." Wonderfully written, well-performed, and genuinely unique indie prog-rock/alternative music. A good find and a pleasant surprise.
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