Customer Reviews

Hashin It Out

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This album is a diverse array of soundscapes and textures. It kicks off with the psychedelic 'Gyrations' and pounds out thick and funky pieces throughout the whole album. Jeremy Jacobsen's guitar style is unmistakable and in peak form on tracks like 'Press On' and 'Bad Ascending'. It also gets around to laid back tracks like 'Do You Up' (featuring Dan Bitney and Dan Fliegel). All in all, a great album brimming with energy.

(...) yes, this album is more energetic and eclectic then their other releases, but it works for me. Okay, I can hear the influence of Heroic Doses and 5style, but it seems that they take the best elements of those bands and combine it with their previous somber and moody style. Jacobsen's tube-saturated, imaginative guitar lines, Rapsys's aggresive, uninhibited drumming and Macri's melodic, in-the-pocket basslines combine for a cool cocktail that goes down like a Mint Julep on a hot day. Whether it's a latin, funk, post-rock or dub groove, these boys succesfully avoid cliches and labels.
Now if they would only tour the east coast more often....

Had to write this review after seeing one of the previous reviews...yes, this album is more energetic and eclectic then their other releases, but it works for me. Okay, I can hear the influence of Heroic Doses and 5style, but it seems that they take the best elements of those bands and combine it with their previous somber and moody style. Jacobsen's tube-saturated, imaginative guitar lines, Rapsys's aggresive, uninhibited drumming and Macri's melodic, in-the-pocket basslines combine for a cool cocktail that goes down like a Mint Julep on a hot day. Whether it's a latin, funk, post-rock or dub groove, these boys succesfully avoid cliches and labels.
Now if they would only tour the east coast more often....

Euphone really disappointed me with this one. I have their previous three albums, and they really changed direction with this one. It seems that everything I liked about Euphone is gone. They used to be mostly mellow, and somewhat Tortoise-y (yes I know, every reviewer of them makes note of this, but -- that's because it's true!). This album sounds erratic, and not in a really good way. It seems that they have taken the haywire guitar sounds of 5ive style and Heroic Doses and tried to mix it in with their sound. Just didn't work for me.

I much prefer "The Calendar of Unlucky Days" to "Hashin it Out".