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Wild Eclectic Bash!

Henry R. Kujawa | "The Forbidden Zone" (Camden, NJ) | 03/26/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"After being the "clean-cut" members of the Surf-&-Hot-Rod music scene for all these years, The Boss Martians have decided to cut loose & charge things up. This is evidenced on the 2 best tracks on MOVE!, "She's In You're Gone" and "I Want More". Radio stations should be playing stuff like this!!! The rest of the album is one surprise after another-- MOVE! is in the same ballpark as such classics as REVOLVER, PISCES AQUARIUS CAPRICORN & JONES LTD and BETWEEN THE BUTTONS-- every song almost sounds like it was done by a different band! There's bossa-nova, country-western, even (why am I surprised?) hot-rod music. Of the BM albums widely available, this is by FAR the best yet-- although, my personal fave to date is the previous outing, LOCKDOWN PARTY (available only as an import LP), which features an even better version of "Little Sally Tease" than the one here.Fans who dig the "louder" sound here have lots to be happy for-- the NEXT album (coming SOON from MuSick Recordings) promises to go even more in that direction, to match their current stage show. And for anyone looking for their more obscure releases, I'd recommend you do a "Yahoo Search", as I've found the JETAWAY SOUNDS and the "XKE!" single are still available at the Hillsdale site; INVASION OF THE LIVE BOSS MARTIANS can be found at the Vagrant site; and the BOSS MARTIANS / SURF TRIO ep and the HOT RODS TO HELL comps can be found at Blood Red's site! Seek 'em out, ye hot-rod fanatics!"