Superstructure
2 1/2 Lounge
© Copyright-Michael Dowd and Neil Seas
(837101162913)
Record Label: 2 1/2 Lounge
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The boys in 2 1/2 Lounge have spent the past few years experimenting with their genres, which they were told by their doctor was safe and effective. Traipsing around the New York club scene in a number of well-known Manhattan haunts, they have done the folk duo and the rock quartet shows, and have firmly settled on both. All the while, they have been shlepping their first, well-recieved album: You Already Know This. Now they are here with a bigger, better, slightly longer album: Superstructure.
Mike Dowd and Neil Seas, the mainstay of 2 1/2 Lounge, started out as a two-man acoustic outfit, and ended up shopping for a backline. With the fearlessly funky Doug Odell on bass, and the unflaggingly foreign Dennis Leeflang on drums, they are definitely a rock band, but they often stay true to their acoustic roots. Thankfully, the transition was organic and smooth, like a metamorphosis; not clunky and dangerous, like swerving to make the onramp in a dump truck.
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author: J-sin
Brooklyn-based folk-rock outfit 2 ½ Lounge build on their great 2004 album “You Already Know This” with dark lyrical content that sprinkles in socio-political commentary with in-depth self-analysis. And what I perhaps like the most about Dowd and his group is that his letter was prefaced with the fact that there was a lot to improve on from that last album. That’s the type of honesty that is engrained and etched into each tune. While I couldn’t find many dilemmas with their last album, I really can’t find anything less that glowing praise for “Superstructure”. Superb songwriting that’s coupled with catchy hooks and marvelous vocals is the name of the game here.
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Sharp, whitty, and insightful- like Kiks stuck to the side of a frozen car
author: Bluestreak Publications
We at Bluestreak were somewhat surprised by the velocity of this music. Its meaning and sharpness were clear from the first lyric. On a side note, it did remind us of a story about frozen kiks, icewater and the need for just 5 more minutes.
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