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Kitchens and Bathrooms

Vehicles Beyond (2003)
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Contributed by: Jesse
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Published on February 6th 2004


I have to say, when I first saw this CD, I was skeptical. I mean, c'mon, the band name and CD title really aren't that great. When I put this in. I was blown away. Holy crap. These guys are face eaters. Get used to that term.

To describe them, I would have to say that they remind me of slower Q and Not U from "No Kill No Beep Beep." But better. The drumming is absolutely supurb, throwing out snycopated hits everywhere, knocking it out when it's hard, keeping it down when it's not, and generally, rocking my face at every chance (yes, face eating and face rocking are different). This band is based around the guitar, which generally ranges from haunting slow picking to slamming out the hardest power chords ever. There aren't a lot of vocals on this CD, but they range from whispering to ripping high, clear notes out of no where. There's a bit of shouting on this album, but it's all done musically. My only gripe is that the bass isn't as well developed as I'd like. It's got awesome lines at points, but I'd like to see more of it during every song.

The album starts out with a dark guitar riff on "First One In, Last One Out," and starts building from there. A vocal line comes in really high and clear, and from that the bass comes in low and the drums start rocking. Tempos and time signatures change, your mother loses her mind, it breaks down into pseudo-stop time, and repeats the cycle until you start to cry. In another great track, "Alphabet Conscious" in which a standard 4/4 verse comes out of nowhere and grabs you by the metaphoric balls. It's unexpected, it's amazing, and it made me wet myself. Still yet, my other favorite song, "The Woods," features a two and a half-minute build up until it bursts out into an insane hardcore riff. The best part is, it's an instrumental. That's right. These guys aren't afraid of cutting out the vocals. Finally, they have a song on the album that doesn't even have a title. It's not untitled, it's just blank. That's awesome.

I can't stress how much I really like this album. All the songs flow together really well, to the point of not really being able to distinguish one song from the next, even though there are no tie-ins from other songs on this entire album. Recomended to anyone who loves experimental rock music.



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    Anonymous (February 9, 2004)

    it'd be sweet if their first song wasn't a magic the gathering card game rule.

    Anonymous (February 9, 2004)

    I'm in the middle of remodeling my kitchen. After I'm done I'll move on to the bathroom.

    Anonymous (February 9, 2004)

    What's the reference? I'm curious, I love Rocko's Modern Life, but never had cable as a kid, so I feel like I'm missing out.

    Anonymous (February 8, 2004)

    This score is for the Rocko's Modern Life reference in their band name.

    Anonymous (February 7, 2004)

    A great band and a great review. This release is quite old, but I still haven't heard it. Their other release on Sonic Unyon is awesome and I hope this one can stand up to that one.

    The reviewer did a good job here. He covered all bases and made me more interested in hearhing this now than I was before. These guys absolutely smoke live, so support real bands and check them out. Now I should go out and get this.

    Anonymous (February 6, 2004)

    yawn..very uninspiring very lame...IŽd rather listen to Big Black

    Anonymous (February 6, 2004)

    I've heard this album a few times actually and I didn't think it was anywhere near as good as Jesse makes it out to be. They're actually kind of boring when it came right down to it; kind of like a Shellac and Fugazi without good song writing skills. The vocals are monotone and seem to drone on and on when they're present and when they're not present the music does the same thing. The off time drum thing, the shouted vocals, even the sound of the damn guitars scream: "We Love Shellac!" It wasn't the worst CD I've ever heard but it wasn't anything special.
    Better luck next time guys and dolls.

    --Bing Crosby

    inagreendase (February 6, 2004)

    Hahahahaha. 2000 hits...someone's having a bored Friday...

    Anonymous (February 6, 2004)

    This score is the band name.

    Two best rooms in any dwelling.
    (basement excluded)

    -sickboi

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