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No one is reinventing the wheel here; humility rules, and what makes Gala Mill so impressive is how The Drones wear their emotions on their sleeves and how naturally everything spills out.
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They've also outgrown the "garage," pushing things into the richer, more sophisticated outdoors.
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Gala Mill realizes rock polemicist Joe Carducci’s ideal of real-time give-and-take as fully as many of the SST releases he touts in his 1990 book Rock and the Pop Narcotic.
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Brilliant.
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Brilliantly inspiring while intoxicated, Gala Mill holds its own well under sensible, concentrated scrutiny.
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MojoThe Drones whip up a heady storm of garage-bred blues, post-punk intensity and Crazy Horse-style amp overload, in which they couch fevered narratives worthy of Nick Cave. [Nov 2006]