This is a band with a romantically obtuse sense of spirit. Musically, this is a gifted band. One of the best guitartist I've heard in more years than I can remember,Bill Alletzhauser, seamlessly stringing the poingnent punches and disparate after thoughts, all the while.... the rhythm section,(Victor Strunk, bass,  and Todd Drake, drums )effortlessly slide subtlety across the strong voice and lyrics of Ali Edwards. She makes an emotional bridge between the pent furry of Chan Marshall and the sly delivery of Nina Simone. Perfect timing and an uncanny reverence of the word. Ali Edwards is a one of a kind singer. This is the band who will be the soundtrack of a year that has already bitten deeply.
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thank God for 97X! More than likely I would have never had a chance to hear this band. They're soo good.  no dissappointments here. Cat Fight is a little weird but a nice intro to Cats Eyes. Stand out tracks Monsters and Back Right Now. buy this record.
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Combine one of the best singers in the city with one of the most creative guitarists and one of the tightest rhythm sections. Add to that a general sense of off-kilter, eccentric creativity and, yeah, there's a pretty good chance you're going to end up with something pretty spectacular. Thus has been the case with Indie faves Ruby Vileos over the years. With their first release since 2004's long-player, This Is The Day, The Fall of the Motor People is a seven-song collection that showcases the best aspects of the band, from its more atmospheric side (the cavernous "99") to up-tempo buzzsaw Pop (the almost Punk-spirited "Back Right Now") to trippy experimentalism (the eerie, layered "a cappella" "Cat Fight"). Recorded in Virginia by ex-Sparklehorse/current Hotel Lights guitarist Alan Weatherhead, Motor People sounds amazing, with the spaciousness giving the songs a lot of room to breathe, bringing the band's etherealness a bit more into focus. Whether abstract or direct, vocal
 ist Ali Edwards cribs some of her best lyrics yet here; on "Monsters," she chokingly sings of a derailed journey into motherhood with lines directed at a lost (or abandoned?) child, like "There is something I must tell you/But I don't know who you are/I just know that you are out there/Waiting in the stars" and "I would have loved you/In every way." The wistful "Cat's Eyes" closes the disc out with fluid elegance, sounding like a Joshua Tree outtake, with its organic, muted rumble and chiming, reverberating guitars, before collapsing peacefully in a heap of backward tape noises. Motor People is a captivating EP, so rich and effervescent if feels like an LP.
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Some great songs here, namely 'Fall Of The Motor People' and 'Monsters'.
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