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The Hotpipes The Deadly Poison music review
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The Hotpipes The Deadly Poison
Vacant Cage
The Hotpipes. It would be a lie not to title them as
original, but it’s just a little too far-fetched for
my taste. Now, The Deadly Poison (Vacant Cage, 2004)
is energetic and it is high-spirited and catchy, but
just not in the way to rub me right.
Track listing:
01 Dix Dix
02 Recipe for Hats
03 Fartknocker
04 And Don't Wake Up
05 Tears for Ted
06 Fatal Egg
07 Short History
08 Big Bike Race
09 Nice Bright and Strong
10 Ski Bruising
11 Arms Flailing, Shouting Loud
12 B Line
13 A-Sophisticated
14 So Long, So Long, So Long
This is a little bit of a larger band, coming from
Nashville, Tennessee and consisting of: Jonathan
Rogers (vocals, bass), Art Schoulties (lead guitar,
keyboards), Justin Hall (bass, guitar), Dave Mengerink
(keyboards, guitar) and David Langford (drums).
All the tracks are short and to-the-point, and vocally
they sway just enough on a fine line between Coheed
and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez and Audioslave’s Chris
Cornell, which really don’t pair up quite as nicely as
you’d like them to. On second thought, add in a little
James Walsh (Starsailor), too.
At first, if caught off guard, the guitars will take
most of your attention with heavy strumming and
build-ups, but then you’ll take notice to an
understated piano, stairstep basslines and-- is that
an accordion, I hear? There’s also an organ, a
tambourine and a few nonchalant handclaps.
To their credit, they’re having a good time playing
these songs, too. It comes out nice and clear
throughout each track, but they are all so
differentiated and a barraged collage of every musical
aspect that at times it takes a fine-tuned ear to
truly appreciate this type of music.
It’s also very storytelling, so The Hotpipes resemble
a kind of Tenacious D, if you will. An understudy of
Jack Black’s musical attributes.
In the end, it starts to grow on me, and I start to
think it could be all right, it could be worth another
listen. So I’ll leave it at this for your pondering
minds:
It’s not for everybody, but it could be just the thing
for you.
