Give this one a chance!
author: Ryan
I can honestly say that this album is as good as any album I've ever heard. You get a nice mix of styles, unique sounds and techniques (but not in an excessively weird way), and an entertaining experience overall. If you want to try a few songs just to see what's up, I recommend:
Down
Five More Minutes
Shoulder To Shoulder
The Last El Dorado
I'm no music expert so I really don't have much of a professional opinion here, but I know good music when I hear it! This is a band who clearly cares about their product, and that really comes through in the finished product. Seriously, give this a try -- you won't be disappointed.
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It's All Too Much
author: The Sanity Inspector
The original Beatles song, a Harrison composition (and his only entry in the mid-60s Guitar Hero sweepstakes), is a wild, acid-aided shout of joy for being part of The Infinite. This cover version is more of a pastoral, stoner take on the same sentiment. There's no fiery guitar work; instead the song is built on a thick carpet of...well, I guess you'd call them Beatleisms, sonic effects grabbed from a lot of different Beatles songs and re-woven into new material. I don't mean that it's cobbled together out of a bunch of samples; I mean the band recreated a Beatly tone. The organ-sounding flanged guitar, the sitar, the backward loops, they're all here, confected into something quite new, and special. The drumming is punchier than the original, but other than that the verisimilitude is spot-on.
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Best Tea I've Ever Had
author: Hacknslash
This Tea starts out good and just grows on you the more and more you drink! What a great variety of sounds! The Lying Liars of Liarville would be a great theme song for any Al Franken show; I love getting lost in my Private Universe after drinking down the Lithium Martini. I'm glad to see The Last El Dorado finally made it to album. But by far, my favorite has to be 5 More Minutes, what a great ballad! I can just play it over and over again! The sound is uniquely Just Plain Bill, with very catchy tunes that I find myself singing unaware. Their best album yet! (and great drums!)
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