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Loftus

Hugs And Drugs
2005
Monarch

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Review by: Meg
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Published on April 26th 2005

If Loftus only succeeded in one thing with their Monarch release Hugs And Drugs, it’s confusing the shit out of me. Fortunately, they go way beyond that. Imagine a band combining some of the best elements from Level-Plane and Three One G. And how about that – that’s exactly what Loftus does!

It’s quite apparent that I don’t happen to enjoy albums which begin with an instrumental track, but Loftus get away with it. Maybe it’s because the opening track doesn’t sound like it could be the theme song to the apocalypse. No, it’s probably just the birds chirping in the background. Even the hushed sound of a helicopter in flight can be heard in this six-minute track.

“Survival Of The Lovers,” the album’s second track, contains neither birds nor helicopters nor any other sound that will bring you to a land of bunny rabbits and rainbows. In fact, it can only be described as spastic, chaotic, and intense. Said pattern continues up until the album’s title track, where yet another instrumental appears.

Hugs And Drugs definitely puts Loftus on the “grind” map. In fact, to continue this metaphor, Loftus would be located on a seismic plate, drifting straight toward the center of “grind.” The vocals are solid. The instrumentals are solid. The production is solid. There truly is little cause for complaint with Loftus, except, perhaps, their lack of previous releases.

You’re really not going to know what Loftus is like listening to only one song. Turn the album on, let it entrance you from start to finish, then render a verdict.

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Survival Of The Lovers



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    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 5:49 PM (EDT)

    This is good.

    -!GreenVandal!

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 12:32 AM (EDT)

    no memebers were in that band

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 9:08 PM (EDT)

    i think a member of loftus is in orso... or was in orso or something

    Posted by SilentStorms on 2005-04-26 11:19:41
    My Score:

    Ooooo Sally Field ur now up there with Anchors, great review, great fucking band that i've never heard of before. Thanks!

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at 10:26 AM (EDT)

    I thought the songs I listened to from this cd were pretty bad. Well written review though.