Search - Overseer :: Wreckage

Very, very good... but don't expect anything too new.

Geoffrey Dawson | Wellesley, MA USA | 01/03/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I'll be honest. I really enjoy this CD. You have to understand something about Overseer, however - this is music made for licensing. As such, all the tracks sound like other successful electronica acts. A friend and I were sitting through and listening to it, and almost every track, one or both of us could call the band Overseer was trying (often VERY successfully) to duplicate.



Examples:



Basstrap - Prodigy

Sparks - Air

Meterology - Rob Dougan

Never - Propellerheads

Supermoves - Crystal Method



etc.



Don't let this turn you off on Overseer, however. If you like any of those bands, you'll probably like this CD. Copying isn't so bad when it's tasteful! I just don't give Overseer as much credit as I do some of the above bands. There's plenty of originality, but it's all within the context of existing styles.



My only real complaint about the album is that, as other reviewers have noted, some of the raps are awful. I'm guessing they just wanted to toss in some of the hiphop trend - that's big now, and this is designed to sell. They mostly seem to be good at electronics, though, and making credible rap isn't exactly their forte. Hope they'll drop that on their next release..."

The variety is the best part

Zebe912 | Michigan | 12/27/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ok, so this group isn't well known and maybe it is because every time a track changes it sounds like a new group. BUT it means they are versitile. I hate CD's that sound the same through the whole album. This definitely isn't like that. Just when you get into one or two grooves, it changes and sounds totally different. That versatility, to me, speaks of talent. This is one CD my very underground influenced boyfriend and my music degree trained self can both agree on."