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He moans echo-caked utopian incantations, hustles some groovy conspiracy theories, spins a stolen Dylan melody into a elegiac space jam and ponders the nature of "circular time." But there's as much Sonic Youth doom in his band's guitar explorations as there is folky grooviness.
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This throwbackin’ threesome--an expanded version of frontman Guy Blakeslee’s subdued solo outing under the name Entrance--kills it when they stick to the classic power-trio formula.
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Blakeslee finds himself torn across the aforementioned line of mainstream opus and neo-psychedelia territory.
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Under The RadarThe band excels when they succumb to the light-hearted rush of the jam, which they do roughly half the time here. [Fall 2009, p.72]
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What we do get is delay-drenched college rock, circa 1983.
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Their insides have been swapped: the dirty, heavy, colossal, dark-nastiness has been replaced with arena-rock aspirations and fresh-white, paper-thin production.
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He's only a middling guitar player, but insists on soloing and showboating endlessly, drawing out songs to unnecessary lengths.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 26
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Mixed: 1 out of 26
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Negative: 7 out of 26
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JacobSJan 25, 2010
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CandyC.Oct 3, 2009The more I listened, the more I loved this CD. It seems like the "critics" just want the Status Quo. The Entrance Band ROCKS!
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BrianS.Oct 2, 2009