Atomship - Crash of '47
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ToolFlaw
30 Seconds to Mars
One Minute Silence
Memento
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Wind Up RecordsTracklist
1. Day to Daze2. Mothra
3. Dragonfly
4. Pencil Fight
5. Withered
6. Agent Orange
7. Time for People
8. Aliens
9. Whitfield
10. Friends
11. Plastic People
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I'm a huge fan of deep, inspired, intelligent music. Music that makes me think. Music that takes a true artist to create. This is the type of music that critics long for. That being said, sometimes, I just want to pop a cd in that requires zero brain activity...you know take a breather, so to speak. Most of the time I choose the more testosterone based music. Now, I'm not saying that I throw in Korn, Limp Bizkit, or any other cheddar cheese flavor of the month rock band. No I usually pick something that's more obscure or hasn't found it's way into the mainstream yet. I will still call this my guilty pleasure. I am in no way ashamed of this music, but it's just not the type of music that you critically rave about. My current favorite is Wind Up Records newest, Atomship. Flame away, but I can't get enough.
Atomship was originally called Watership Down, after Richard Adams’ classic tale, the band retains as its logo a cartoon alien rabbit, designed by Slade. They are big fans of the outer limits I guess you could say and it shows in their lyrical topics and song titles. Happlily there is no rapping or many nu:metal cliches on their album. It's your typical darker, aggressive rock music. The voice of singer Joey Culver is very clean and melodic reminding me heavily of Yap from One Minute Silence and Chris Volz from Flaw. Produced by Dave Fortman (Evanescence, Superjoint Ritual), "The Crash of ’47" finds a young band flexing its collective muscle and trying to make a scratch or dent into the musical scene. The harmonies and melody mixed with the emotion and aggro over the course of the album would lead you to think this band has what it takes if given a chance.
"The Crash of ’47" is eleven tracks and 51 minutes in length, which gives the boys plenty of chances to impress you. They really have no delusions about what they are doing. This is not some ambitious, prog rock, concept album. No, rather this is just eleven tracks of modern rock done correctly and passionately. The opener "Day of Daze" begins with a very bland, overdone distorted guitar intro ala Staind or every other JoeSchmoe rock band. I almost turned it off right then. However, as soon as I heard Culver's voice and the clean picked guitar, I was drawn back. The second track "Mothra" shows off the bands chops alot more impressively. This is a far more spacey track that shows a certain kinship to Tool. "Pencil Fight" has single written all over it, it's so catchy, I'm almost embarrassed to admit my undying love for it. The intro is just mesmerizing, there I said it. I will say, the lyrics are extremely elementry and can be a bit of a turn off, but like I said....I'm just rocking...not thinking. "Withered" is the acoustic ballad, dealing with self loathing and some other melo-dramatic crap....let's just skip this snoozer. "Agent Orange" and "Plastic People" are the long epic tracks and they are very stellar, mixing bits of string sections, piano keys and ambient noise. They almost have me believing that they are some type of revolutionaries or pioneers....but alas...I can't be fooled. On the other hand, I can be bought and Atomship have handed me an album of solid hooks, the always endearing melodic voice and not quite guilt-free enjoyment. Listen up, but make sure no one is looking.
-Adam Roncaglione
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