Here’s the headline, boss: Madison, WI band cuts debut, mimics Archers of Loaf. Well, that’s at least part of the story. Much of this quartet’s 10-song freshman outing feels like lost Archer outtakes circa All The Nations Airports and even the exceptions to that rule sound familiar: the angular Rodan-isms of “Paramedic,” the way “Overexposure” or “Icicles” sound vaguely like Zykos. The record’s pretty good and the songwriting’s far from uninventive but you may feel like you’ve heard some of it before. – Punk Planet May/June 2006
About the author
Justin Vellucci is a staff writer for PopMatters, Spectrum Culture, and MusicTAP, a contributor to Pittsburgh Current, and a former staffer for Popdose, Punk Planet and Delusions of Adequacy. His music writing has appeared in national magazines such as American Songwriter, alt-pubs like The Brooklyn Rail, Pittsburgh CityPaper and San Diego CityBeat, blogs Swordfish, Punksburgh and Linoleum, and the Gannett magazine Jetty. He lives in Pittsburgh.Related Posts

December 8, 2014
REVIEW: tētēma – “Geocidal”

July 11, 2008
Review: Joan of Arc – “Eventually, All At Once”

November 20, 2008