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ak85lp
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Date:
10/4/2005
Format:
CD (Album)
When I first picked up this CD and saw the washed out color photo from the late 60’s or early 70’s, I figured I was in a for a low budget garage band album. From the opening track “Waiting In Denver 4:05AM” it was something I was not expecting. With the low vocals, acoustic guitar and keyboard touches here and there, it brought to mind Porcupine Tree. This is a good thing! All music is performed by Aaron Pillar and Peter Bruxton (Aaron Pillar being a founding member of the Appleseed Cast). The song “A Downtown Scene” reminds me of Nirvana but much more laid back and not the wall of guitars one would expect part way through. Instead this is an easy track to listen to and I bet it would appeal to the college crowd with its electronic rhythms and simple acoustic guitar. After that “Don’t Fall Asleep” dwells more on electronica throughout the all-instrumental track. “Give Up yeah” continues along in that vein and these two tracks could have easily been blended together as they seem to flow into each other. The final cut “Gayhouse.com” (no I did not go to the site to see what it was about!) has a nice dreamy air about it.
This is a fairly short album clocking in at just over 36 minutes. I would imagine this would sound best on a rainy weekend morning when there is nothing else going on in the house. The only thing I would ask for is the vocals to be brought a bit more forward in the mix. Maybe this is why the CD reminded me a lot of a dark moody album. I will be looking forward to their next album. It just goes to show that you can’t judge a book by it’s cover.
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