Search - Milemarker :: Anaesthetic

Futuristic punk?

S. R Robertson | Oh Henry? | 04/06/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Although not as rocking and widespred as I anticipated it to be, Milemarker's Aneasthetic is still an entertatining venture into postpunk new wave and lyric experimentation. The thing that I disliked about the album is that certain songs had chords repeated endlessly with very little innovation, where they could've easily blown the seams but kept riding. Aside from this, and the fact that it only has 7 songs at 45 minutes, it's still a cool adventure. The standouts for me are "A Quick Trip To The Clinic", where the male lead singer narrates a tale of getting turned on by the nurse...; "Ant Architect", all about creating a virtual city with all the tentalating prospects; "The Installment Plan", which appears to be about destruction and such, is one of the more angstish on the record. Roby makes interesting vocal patterns on "Food For Worms" (high pitched falsetto, sort of like Portishead or Tori Amos) and "Lost The Thoughts.." (nasal glam cabaret, which makes the track one of the coolest sounding), but these are also the hardest to understand cause the lyrics get jumbled..."