Trinitron Meets the Mars People
Dance music? Maybe some of this work would qualify as danceable. However, “Otter Pops Pops Pops” doesn’t fit the bill, to my ears.
But that doesn’t mean the boys from Walnut, California don’t have a clue. They put out what has been described as “dance/math” rock, now apparently doing this with three musicians. The Web site lists six, but that is now old news, according to the remaining few. One friend and fan compared them to Minus the Bear “with minimal sophisticated time signatures and a majority of Dance beats.”
It seems this adventure (misadventure?) began in June of 2007, when a drummer, a bass player and a third musician, Raymond Markel, hooked up. Now, “Dragon Skin for Your Hand” is a daring attempt at free-form jazz. Really!! I do like the description provided by the band – Japanese classic and J-pop. Seems about right.
Apparently, the band set out with the admirable goal of producing an entire CD (12 tracks) and putting only one vocal tune on it. A guy named Dave Trautz, called “recurring keyboardist, sings that one. Suggestion: listen to the Sasquatch tune.
I am somewhat impressed by the description that includes parading around the streets of the San Gabriel Valley to “rough up kidz for their milk money.” Might as well.
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Is this really a review? You don’t actually point out any good/bad points about the album, and all I get from it is that you maybe listened to it. Come now, at least do the album justice and say what you liked, what you disliked, explain why, and wrap it up with the overall impression it left.
this band is amazing. the cd is amazing. very poppy, yet still different. think pele with more electronic sound. if youre fans of math rock or new alternative bands like minus the bear or maritime, this one is for you. the one song with singing is my favrote. the one flaw of the cd is that it kind of sticks to the same key so sometimes you dont know what song is which. but even then, im down for one giant spaceman jam.