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The Keep Aways music review
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Chairkickers Music
Groundbreaking old school rock, livid guitarwork and punk-style
drumming
combine with streaming, ravaged vocals that closely shadow Courtney
Love and
Brody Dalle (The Distillers) in The Keep Aways’ self-titled debut
(Chairkickers Union Music). Think ‘Jennifer’s Body’ meets ‘City Of
Angels’,
but extremely aggravated and harder.
Track listing:
01 File It Away
02 Bleeding Heart
03 Standards
04 Conversational Crime
05 Hey Song
06 Saturday
07 Same Difference
The furious vocals -- along with equally angry music -- are joined by
rolling drumlines and chord progressions like you haven’t heard in
years. In
‘Bleeding Heart’ alone, one lyrical line and it’s clear that grunge has
been
resurrected from the remains of Kurt Cobain, along with a lasting
promise
that its on the rise once more.
The Keep Aways pick up grunge where Nirvana left off, especially in
‘Conversational Crime’. The band has merely taken Cobain’s to-do list
and
rehashed it, as well as replacing three men with three women of Duluth,
Minnesota -- Mindy Johnson (vocals, guitar), Nikki Moeller (bass) and
Shanna
Willie (drums).
The debut is full of racing hooks, pogo riffs and music to make you
doubt
the ability of soundproof walls. It’s indignant and outstanding; these
girls are making quick headway, breaking down your pop music barriers
and
blasting intensity through your stereo. Welcome them with open arms,
and a
limber body ready to mosh.
Skeptics should listen to ‘Same Difference’, which comes with an
ear-splitting mini-solo, and achy vocals, which, by this time, have
become
worn-out, as if the entire album was recorded in one setting. This
sound is
raw, and that’s what sets this band apart from the others. They’re
determined and unrelenting.
And with that, the 17-minute album comes to a close. More than enough
is
jam-packed here, and although a short cd, you had better play it!
otherwise,
fear that Johnson may come and kick your ass.
