Customer Reviews

Human Hand Animal Band

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Rhythm of Black Lines is a band that was way ahead of it's time and still is. I say was because the future of this band seems to be a mystery. Every member is living in different parts of the world currently and has other projects if you look hard enough. This album makes constant musical shifts. Half the time the instruments don't sound like they're playing the same thing, yet everything meshes together nearly perfectly. Depending on what mood you're in or what you're listening to it through, Human Hand Animal Band can have a different effect on you. From a distance you may not like it, through headphones you'll recognise it's many nuances. Each ROBL release finds a slightly different line up and a different sound, it was a good run though. They never quite reached a perfect album, but they at least did something more interesting than most will ever do. For that reason alone this album get five stars. There's few bands this adventurous.

.....to make an excellent recording. I saw them live 2-3 years ago and they were quite the show even then, but their recordinds were barely listenable. This new record is really something. It is full of great production and great songs. The album before didn't even show flashes of greatness, but this record is full of them. From start to finish the record has few musical flaws with great, shifting melodies and wonderful, intricate playing. The album also has a very well produced sound to it, but nothing too over the top, with the horns and other instrumentation fitting in perfectly. My only minor complaint is with "PJS" which goes over tracks 4-6. The song is a bit too long and repetitive at parts. A very small complaint with a record that should get much more attention than it is.

Definitely recommended for fans of progressive-independent music and one of my favorite albums of the year.