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One of the best CD'S that I've listened too in a long time.

Lacey B | Pasco, WA USA | 09/04/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Gosling is by far one of the best live bands to see, if you get the chance. Born and raised in Richland, Washington these guys know where it is - in music that is. Coming from an avid music purchaser, and a person who has been to over one thousand live rock concerts, I can tell you that this CD will change the way you listen to music in the future. My thought is that if you can buy this cd, buy it. Listen to it, love it, enjoy it and then share it with your friends.



Gosling has also been shown on MTV but they were then called "Loudermilk". This band still has the same members, but a whole new feel and grove to the music than when they were Loudermilk.



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Listen and Listen again

Kristin | Naples, Italy | 01/10/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This cd is great. It may take some people a few times through to really appreciated the variety of sound you hear from Gosling but it is definitely worth the effort and time. This band is awesome live and has a unique feel to their music. Gosling is definitely gifted with musical diversity. I also recommend The Red Record under their previous name Loudermilk. You won't be disappointed by either of these albums."

You need love, yes you do

E. A Solinas | MD USA | 07/15/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Lots of bands hit the nasty collapse -- in the case of Loudermilk, it happened right after their solid debut.



But, God bless 'em, they didn't give up. Instead they renamed themselves Gosling and set about a new, more expansive style of hard-rock. It displayed fully in "Here Is" -- kinetic, flexible hard-rock decorated with some instrumental flourishes and Corganesque vocals.



It opens with a dark intro of echoing bass and ringing guitars, just sort of booming around experimentally. That's the lead-in to "Mr. Skeleton Wings," a deliciously eerie rocker of blazing guitar, solid drumming and an undercurrent of strong piano. "I've got it all/And I've never been more satisfied," Davey Ingersoll drawls. "If you want the sun I'm gonna eat it like a peach/When money's in the bank it seems like nothings out of reach..."



It's followed by the sputtery, swirling rocker "Worm Waltz" ("Slither and crawl/Through your worm castle halls"), and a string of skilfully crafted songs: meandering vintage hard-rock, sinuously twisting stretches of pure bassline, quirky thumpy lo-fi punk, mellow guitarpop and ballads, and a little rock ditty "Waiting for the Sun," which slowly builds up to a blazing climax.



It finishes off with the expansive, exquisitely bittersweet "Sinking Ship," which kicks off with some church organ, but soon evolves into an epic sea of roiling guitars and mournful laments ("Darling, where's the will to persist?/Tell me that somewhere it exists...").



A lot of bands don't get the label coverage they deserve, but in the case of Gosling, it's almost criminal.



They clearly know what many bands don't -- great rock is more than stringing together a few instruments and playing the same riff repeatedly until you have a radio hit. It even sounds like they're mocking some of those emptier songs, when Ingersoll snarls, "Fill your mouth with words of the time/And get your concepts to rhyme."



For one thing, they know how to mingle their instrumentation. Their drums are smashing, their basslines are blunt and roaring, and the electric guitars can do either tight, lean riffs or ringing, fuzzy expanses. And their songs are sprinkled pretty evenly with other instruments as well -- urgent strings, what sounds like a pipe organ, piano undercurrents, and some blippy keyboard.



It's kind of an easy comparison, but there seem to be moments where Ingersoll is channelling Billy Corgan -- his voice is high and a little nasal, and he can snarl and drawl with the best of them. But in songs like "Afraid of Ninevah" he sounds softer and more boyish.



But there's definite songwriting ability in Gosling, and it's grown even since their last EP. Ingersoll sings some songs of brilliantly elusive meaning ("Educated God's lonely man/It fills the void in his hand/He illustrates the swan"), overshadowed by some very dark attitudes ("Let's liberate the lost cause/But emptiness will grow").



"Here Is..." a vastly underrated rock album, full of brilliantly fiery music and darkly enticing lyrics. Grimily beautiful and incredibly talented -- and hopefully heralding more Gosling."