Thunderous Debut!
author: Ahzmed Mael Al Akbar
This album was sitting in my mail bin for about 3 months before I even gave it a chance. After opening up the package and seeing the album cover and album title (Nice Seinfeld reference guys!, ed.) I popped it in my player right away. I must say I am not blown away from the production of the record, (it's certainly low-fi)but the live feel of it almost calls for it. Maybe it should have been a vinyl release? Back to the music. The band certainly wears it's influences on its sleeve with the highlights like the chanty opener " The Weekend", the tounge in cheek(?) lyrics on "Deal with the Devil" & the angst ridden, "Cut You" one can tell the band lives & breathes "Appetite for Destruction" The real gem on the album comes from out of nowhere, "Note 2 Self" a 2 minute pure pop rock radio ready catchy tune really caught this listener off guard. I wonder if the band is headed more in that direction than more aggro-cock rock that presides it? As the album progresses, the band almost seems confused with its own identity then brings it full circle with the vocal assault on the closing track, "Someway" I am curious to see what the next release will sound like from these young guns. Check them out at www.myspace.com/egnaro
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First full album by Egnaro among the highlights of new recordings
author: Jim DeRogatis, JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic, WXRT, Chicago Sun
Continuing this column's periodic survey of the most worthy contenders from the always-overflowing mail bin of local releases, we have the naughtily titled "The Panties Your Mother Laid Out for You" (Reverse Orange Records), the first full album from Egnaro (that's orange spelled backward). "AC/DC, Guns n' Roses and Motley Crue all had sex with each other and have given birth to a five-headed demon love seed," the quintet boasts. At its best, though, the group limits the hair-metal influence to some, er, eye-catching cover art and unapologetically bad-boy lyrics -- heavy on the talk of snakeskin boots and deals with the devil -- while emphasizing the pounding, rhythmic economy of AC/DC or Motorhead in the music, nicely straddling the line between punk and metal just as those groups did. Visit the band on the Web at www.myspace.com/egnaro.
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author: Dealie
Great Job!
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