Album Notes

A pleasing and promising mini-collection of original songs comes from Edmonton, Alberta’s Michael Rault & The Mixed Singles. A young group comprising of Rault on vocals, guitar and song writing with able support from Byron Kerkhoff on drums and Mason Wilson on bass. The seven songs (a total of 18 minutes) on the CDR are fast (but not overly so) and enthusiastic guitar led garage rock and pop. Rault sings with a suitably feral sounding teen snottyness on numbers like ‘Ticking Time Bomb’, ‘Numb’and ‘Only Thing Keepin’ Me Sane’. ‘I’ll Be Waiting’ bumps up the guitar reverb and slows the pace for a more smouldering approach. All of which are teen-cool garage shots, but it is ‘Go! Go! Go!’ that stands out and shows real garage / power pop potential. A neat Jim Basnight type guitar line (think ‘Hello Mary Jane’ if it were twice the speed!) permeates throughout whilst the frustrated vocal insistently pushes it along. It has commercial (at least in the limited sense of those, like me, who dig this stuff) appeal and would make a great album kick-off track. Overall, a good mini- showcase of what sounds like an emerging talent, there’s certainly plenty of potential demonstrated here.
- Paul Martin, Shindig Magazine, UK

Parents, lock up your daughters!
Edmonton's got a new teen sensation, but he's not like the all-American boys featured in Bop or Tiger Beat.
Michael Rault and his six strings are a potential menace to society. Need Proof?
Listen! Once second his voice is fairly wholesome, the next he's emitting these sleazy, raunchy, throaty screams and high-frequency howls. Disgraceful!
Seriously, though, Michael and his band are re-injecting venom into the kind of rock 'n' roll music that was a threat in his grand-parent's day, mixing it all up with gut-churning, brain-eating psychobilly slop and messy garage sounds.
And what's more, his ominous guitar twangs should rightfully be coming from someone twice his age!
- Robin Schroffel, The Edmonton Sun, CAN