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Ocelot
The Quiet Storm
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Empathy and Projection
2. Kentucky Waterfall
3. Loss Prevention Officer
4. Throwing Away a Perfectly Good White Boy
5. Is It a Drug, A Virus, Or a Religion?
6. Things With Molecular Structure
7. Tear You Down Build Me Up
8. Principal or a Butterfly
9. Tear You Down... (Reprise)
10. Tiphareth
11. Quiet Storm

CD Details

All Artists: Ocelot
Title: The Quiet Storm
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Moodswing Records
Original Release Date: 6/25/2002
Re-Release Date: 1/1/2005
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 714343502526

Synopsis

Product Description

"Rock 'n' roll precedent poses a challenge to bands like Ocelot. Although the imaginative Atlanta quartet makes clever use of two electric guitars, they're odd men out as far as pop formulas go. You see, Ocelot are about as vocal as their spotted wildcat namesake.....What Ocelot did make room for is a small but satisfying repertoire of interlocking, mid-tempo vamps and geometric, counterpointed melodies that will speak volumes to any post-indie rock aficionado. Though variously inspired by the likes of Slint, Tortoise, Sunny Day Real Estate, Don Caballero and Shellac, Ocelot's unusually precise, complexly layered rock distillations articulate distinctive patterns that result from the band members' peculiar backgrounds." - Thomas Peake (stomp and stammer)

CD Reviews

To hell with vocals...

alt lover | U.K | 11/17/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album is well worth checking out if your a fan of instrumental/math/post rock bands or just good music in general. On 'a quiet storm' Atlanta's Ocelot combine tight rhythms, driving bass lines, chiming guitar lines, cool time changes and a range of sonic innovation- all the things you've come to expect from a good instrumental album. Its not all guitars, bass and drums though, the album opens and closes with some glacial ambient sounds and also features a lovely finger picked acoustic guitar song near the end of the album sounding like pullman or one of ghosts and vodka's acoustic tracks. This album has a very cohesive feel yet it's full of dynamics and intersting musical ideas so you never get bored or start wishing there was some vocals. The art work for this cd is also cool featuring some neat paper cutting skills and a dark broody sky with some birds roosting on pylons.

Coming across like a less jazzy rumah sakit this album would be a great addition to your collection, highly recommended for fans of the mercury program, maserati, paul newman, mt. st. helens, the letter e, volta do mar, unwed sailor, gwei-lo, the cancer conspiracy etc.

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