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| Artist |
Bad Astronaut |
| Title |
Acrophobe |
| Label |
Honest Don's Recordings |
| Reviewer |
Vinnie Apicella |
| Rating |
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A ten song EP… when you think about it, it makes sense eh? Ten songs,
extended play and all that. Well, the very nature of the band lies in
the name -- yep, you guessed it, uplifting high-energy Rock to tilt the
stratosphere and test your outer limits. "Test" may not be the key
word here, this is very listener friendly on all counts.
Formed more or
less from the remains of Californian Punk staple Lagwagon, the sound's
obviously been heightened more to explore new instrumentations and
maximize the broadloom of audio effervescence… and that they do, quite
well. Somewhat turbulent at times, mainly around the edges, the tunes
offer lengthy arrangements and structural stretching in the midsections,
strewn upon catchy pick-up choruses and emotional acoustic wisdom.
Dare
I say a more mature outlook that recalls the post-modern types of the
past without getting too dizzy-brings to mind the more fashion-conscious
fuzz-rock and softly sober leanings of the boy they named "Goo" and
other such types who've only rendered radio hits in recent times because
of a long forgotten past-best tunes are "Greg's Estate," "Grey Suits,"
all 500 milliseconds of "500 Miles" and the crash 'n bang cover of
Elliott Smith's "Needle in the Hay."
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