Today is the day!
author: Thomas Aquinas
This CD has places to go, indeed. The cover says it all -- one man with his harmonica, his ideas, his plan. It's not my place to say anything profound, but it IS important to give this record its due -- at the very least, a respectful tip of the hat, as it proceeds down the sidewalk, and along the open road. (Keeping ears open for the next chapter. . . . . .)
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author: Kremlin, The Marx and Fabio
Sometimes in midwinter a record comes along whose songs are written to be treacherous, but which provides the listener with a thickly-braided riding crop with which to attempt its horse of steel. "Places To Go" is such a rarity, and the lonesome cowboy that mounted this saddle seems to have given up his shotgun, dog and raincoat in favor of guitars, more guns and partners that contrive a multidimensional, transidiomatic anomaly that never fails to cadence on the ninth. The lyrics rip violently into a mystical core, and the blood from the fountain pen came from beneath the ether to culminate in a poem whose words do not pretend to rhyme, and keep what they take from you. The wolves can still hunt by scent, and, since these songs stink of unexpected flat sixths, the trebles jump up and it plays itself in self-defense. This album flaunts genius that shines like switchblades not just for show, and that even cuts corners at daybreak sometime in autumn, just about now.
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A real collage, a stained-glass drum
author: Union Pulse
Places To Go is a time-spanning and genre-defying album, taking the listener from STROKER's distorted funk, to WISCONSIN OCTOBER's acoustic swell with brushed snare support, and onto AGAINST THE LIGHT's driving power. There's a taste of Dr. Rosenblum's characteristic solitary power, but also a heavy dose of the Holy Ranger's repetition and emphasis. A washing of the sea's waves, as if to drown out the narrator, draws itself into a parallel universe created by alternate colors of otherwise familiar shapes. This album, more than any other in its league, is a complete experience worth every ounce of attention you have.
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