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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Space rock, March 7, 2005
Being a fan of Failure, I was instantly interested in listening to this album. It grows on you very fast and doesn't get old. If you like your music to have that spacey feel with interesting singers (yes, plural) and a lot of distortion, this is perfect. Future perfect, perhaps. hahaha, I'm lame. I know.
Yes, there are remnants of Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine here, but as you listening to them more, you are hardly reminded of either.
The album flows beautifully. There's no denying that. Compared to the eight song demo, the sound is more refined. If you listen carefully to Greg on guitar, the quantity of sounds he produces is astounding. It's just him up there.
I highly recommend this album. It's one of my favorites of 2004.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Future of Alternative Music, October 31, 2004
Let's face it, alternative music, or what we thought of as alt-music is pretty dead, baseless, and derivative at this point. However, this album will make you howl with pleasure at first listen. Listen to it LOUD. This is an amazing band from Los Angeles/Silverlake area who formed in late 2000 and to their fans, this album has been expected for a few years after their signing with DMZ. It's hard not to listen to this record and not hear how soaked it is with swirling effects, noises, ground-shaking low end, and crashing cymbals. From the opening drums of "Turnstile Blues" to the Star Wars esque ending of "Capital Kind of Strain" this record will delight and make you put away your instruments saying "I give up." It's hard not to like a record with the guitar of former Failure bassist/guitarist Greg Edwards, who of course has been credited with a lot of the writing and creativity after his heroin induced spark of creativity on the classic Failure album "Fantastic Planet." The band is rounded out by Eugene Goreshter on bass and vocals, previously in Maids of Gravity and also played on the Beastie Boys track off of "Ill Communication" called "Eugene's Lament", and Carla Azar on drums and vocals who previously played drums in Ednaswap, and has worked on drums for Elvis Costello as well as writing songs with the late Jeff Buckley ("What Would you Say"). I guess the record has it's roots in 90's alt rock, especially 90's L.A art-alt-rock like Failure and Medicine, even some My Bloody Valentine could be picked up on first listen. It's hard to nail down standout tracks because they all seem to be amazing, but I guess I would say tracks like "Great Days for the Passeneger Element", "Blanket" with it's amazing guitar effect in the chorus, as well as "Here Comes Everbody." don't sleep on this album, it's the best one you'll hear this year, and for a few years to come. And catch them live, it's very loud, and if you're epileptic, maybe take your medicine before hand. Enjoy!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
too cool, December 12, 2005
this album is exceptional. i wasn't surprised when i read they opened for nine inch nails. they are right in the vein of trent reznor's musical taste along with the dresden dolls.
the vocals are very androgynous, and the guitars and bass have some really crunchy fuzz, which i am glad to hear a band that has enough balls to dirty up their guitar, adding a whole new dimension to their style (kinda like the rentals or even deadsy). most of the album is acoustic guitar, distant "garage-sounding" drums, followed by intense moments of distorted pop. there is a heavy shoegazer influence which is unmistakable, that pretty, bittersweet, mysterious, cool sound. "cool" is the perfect word to describe the sound of this band. and "sugarless" is one of the coolest pop hooks i've ever heard.
from reading the other reviews, many have compared them to sonic youth and my bloody valentine, and yes, that's correct. that's what i thought of when i listened to them. that's what a lot of other people thought to. however, it's a very broad statement, you really have to listen to them to understand.
if you are into this, you might want to check out failure (of course), folk implosion, imperial teen, stereolab, dandy warhols, elliot smith, deathcab for cutie, "tiny music" by stp, broken social scene, any shoegazer, girls vs. boys, slint, giant drag, the breeders, unwound, the the, and anything "art-rock" if you feel like being a little trendy.
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