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Great First Album

Clare | Kissimmee, Florida United States | 01/09/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is wonderful display of TCTC's ability to genre-bend. They're a band who you can't exactly pin down. STTAL is a bit harder and rougher that their sophomore effort, but just as good. "Panzer Attack" and "Been Training Dogs" are fast and hard while "The Lake" and "Murder Song" and more gentle, somewhat morose lullabies. 555-4823 is an experimental electronic track that not all might appreciate. If your starting out with TCTC this is a good place to begin before moving on. Definitely worth paying for."

Excellent Debut Album

Paul Allaer | Cincinnati | 02/21/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I admit I had never heard of TCTC, but by chance I saw these guys open for (and blow away) Jane's Addiction in London last Fall. I bought their new album "Kick Up the Fire" album on the spot, and it turned out to be my favorite album of 2003 (it's finally now also released in the US). So how about TCTC's debut album from 2002? Not bad, not bad at all."See This Through and Leave" (11 tracks, 55 min.) is jam-packed. It starts off with the electronic-flavored space-rocking "Did You Miss Me"? (think Hawkwind updated for the 21st century), but from there goes straight into "Film-Maker", one of the 5 singles from the album, a hard rocker, followed by the even harder charging "Panzer Attack" and "Who Needs Enemies" (both also a single). "Let's Kill Music" is the TCTC 2001 single that put the band on the UK music map. "555-4823" is great electronic noodling, along the same lines of Radiohead's "Kid A". "Been Training Dogs" is another single.This limited edition comes with a second CD, containing 5 songs (23 min.), including several excellent B-sides (stand-out is "Devil Walks in the Sand") and live versions of "Panzer Attack" and "Let's Kill Music". In addition it also has the videos for the "Let's Kill Music", "Film-Maker" and "Been Training Dogs" singles, just great. So I rate this album "only" 4 stars simply because, while great, it is not as good as the "Kick Up the Fire" album. Did I meantion that was my favorite album of 2003? If you like indy, adventurous, quality music, by all means check out TCTC!"