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Great Debut By A Band On The Verge of Fame

K. Tarney | Houston, TX | 08/15/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"or "should" be on the verge of fame. From the first track it's amazing musicianship on all parts of the frequency spectrum. Obviosuly Tim Collis's guitar playing which is just as amazing to watch as it is to hear is the first thing that draws most people to the band but every member takes the spotlight at sometime. Stuart Smith's vocal kick in at the end of the first measure of Pig making it an ideal first track and throughout the album we hear his beautiful, yet modestly soothing singing that tells tales of relationships, good, bad and everything in between. Being a Math Rock band means there are frequent time signature changes. Chris Collis' drumming pulls it off so gracefully it seems like it's too easy. With many Math Rock or Mathcore band's the time signature changes seem very erratic and punctuated, which isn't a bad thing but, idk, Chris Collis just does it better. Throughout the album also the bass peaks out it's head from behind the amazing lead guitar and often takes precedence particularly on more chord driven riffs.



I believe the greatest achievement of this album is that soothing, smooth chill-out music doesn't have to sound like Jason Mraz. It can be complex and have heavy drumming and still be relaxing.



Great news is that the band recently did their first show in America, in New York. Soon, maybe they'll do few more states. Perhaps Texas?? wink wink. If anyone from TTNG is reading this I have several friends that would definitely go see you guys play and then I'm sure there are several people I don't know that would definitely go"