Search - Modey Lemon :: Curious City

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alexander laurence | Los Angeles, CA | 09/10/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I saw these guys at CBGBs a few years ago. That old club might close pretty soon it's true. The only reason I stopped by was that I saw Meg White standing outside the club. Apparently she is a fan. When I saw them it was some of the heaviest music I had ever heard. Back in 2002, many new bands were really fresh and they just were loud and rocked out. I saw a lot of good bands in that month. This is one of them. Their first two albums were heavy assaults on the listener. The power is still there. But besides the opening track "Bucket of Butterflies" which recalls most of the early material, most of this album is different. There is more psychedelic rock and keyboards on most of the rest of the album. It is spacey. It is mod. The songs are catchier. Sometimes they remind me of The Yardbirds and The Seeds. Every song is high quality. This is a good record to check them out if you haven't heard them before."