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A Gun Called Tension

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First album in years that I've seen, not known or heard of, and bought. Since having it in my possession for three days I must have listened to it fifty times. The sound is a harmonious cacophony reminiscent of the post-punk era. This is it! the sound I've been waiting for. 'Gold Fronts,' the second track is sublime, the drum-roll builds into the up-beat rhythm, the music starts and sends a shiver through the ether; a buttholeSurferistic collage of orchestral manouvers entwined with a gruesome hoppin' beat. I can't hear it enough times. Track five, 'Treason,' which features a screechy guitar with a neurotic voice telling us "turn-turn, turn up the volume, it's gonna be, a bad day" is another favourite. 'Thelonius,' track 10, is great too. It's all a bit of a surprise, comming across such a cool album. Buy it so they make some more.

I wasn't too sure what to think of this record at first. I thought it was going to be another emo punk records from the Pacific Northwest. It is actually a record by Sean Reveron and Dean Gallucci (of Modest Mouse). It's a little like the Sytrofoam album, in that they're a lot of guest appearances. Those appearances are by people from Pretty Girls Make Graves, Blood Brothers and Murder City Devils. It's like an old school punk record made by a hiphop group. Some of these records seem like good ideas in theory. By track five, "Treason" this records starts to find its footing. There is an effort to have each track to inhabit a different world. The space between "Electric Chair" and "Foundation" is infinite. Is this their Sandinista! On their first time out? It's a pretty much an experimental record. I am not sure that this band will ever make it to the stage.