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High Beam Music

It takes a few listens to get a grip of where this two piece? from Cincinnati are coming from but once you do this is truly a great record of feedback and noise with raw and harsh female vocals cruising over the top of the chaos. While there is an obvious punk rock influence in there you cannot compare them to any band in particular.Croatan are Croatan.

Starting with the wall of noise that is Blast Off they then hit full throttle with tracks such as Career Day,Stop Me Before I Think Again and Contagion.Tracks such as Fast Eddie,Army Of God and Till Voices Wake Us And Drown lean more toward the slowish groove side of the band and tracks such as V.P.S and Why Do You Think They Call It Dope? are in a different league again.

This CD is a nineteen track effort and the high paced chaos continues to rein on tracks such as Storyteller, Discontent, Your Friend In The Cowboy Hat and Carnivore. Track 13 The Chase is a very interesting song that highlights the frantic drumming nature of Croatan while Double Yellow is a fine piece of groovy rock and is probably the highlight of the album for me. In a fitting way they close the album the same way as it was opened with a wall of noise titled Splashdown.

This is a CD well worth checking out if you are into something a little different.Croatan just jam out the songs on this CD giving it a totally raw feel,it is pretty loose but this is obviously how it is meant to be and while the vocals do get a little piercing at times this is chaotic sound at its finest and will please fans of noise and feedback.

Reviewed by Jeb Taylor

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