Exciting? Well.........
N. Dorward | Toronto, ON Canada | 08/11/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I'm not quite sure why this band has such a daft & misleading moniker: if you're looking for power-trio excitement this is definitely the wrong disc, but it's a nice cooled-out trio disc in the area somewhere between alt-jazz & alt-rock that seems to be a Chicago speciality. The vibe's rather similar to Jeff Parker's _Like-Coping_, though it has a different flavour due to the comparative downplaying of the guitar (if anything the bass & drums are more upfront here) & tendency of the music to get into strange droney areas even on the more energetic tracks. It's all wonderfully moody & atmospheric but I'm not sure it adds up to all that much more, & the final 14-minute piece with a prominent part for melodica is pushing it. Pretty music, though not terribly demanding."