Propaganda
© Copyright-Davey Wrathgabar
(795103603523)
Record Label: Independant Release
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"Osama & Your SUV" and the cheery "Talkin' Hate Radio Blues" alone prove that pop and politics can be mixed...
Indieville
Fight the power and support The Visitations. Protest rock rules - especially when it's this well done...
Okpunkscene
I've been waiting patiently for an album like this to come stumbling across my reviewing table for some time now and wondering why it has not thus far...
Left Off the Dial
An immediate reference point to 'Propaganda' would be what the Violent Femmes (see: Euthanize Yourself, Milk the Bull) at their most memorable (circa "Blister in the Sun", 1983) would sound like mildly Dead Kennedy-pissed off 20 years later...
Slightly Confusing To A Stranger
Underneath the subject matter (which is handled with humor and insight), there is musicality and a hip beat...
Skratch Magazine
The acoustic guitar-led music throws pointed barbs at the American political process, but the music is so fun and upbeat it hardly seems right to call it protest music...
Ink19.com
It's said that a Republican administration means boom-times for political punk rock. Propaganda is an odd collection of very political songs ranging from Gang of Four-style post-punk to folky strumming to almost Capitol Steps-like political novelty songs...
Punk Planet
It takes a truly independent artist, Davey Wrathgabar (Elephant 6 collective) and help from members of Of Montreal, to come out with a record like this...
Just Add Noise
Behind the CDs red white and blue sleeve and subtly innocent-sounding acoustic pop/punk, lies one of the most cogent, focused, and entertaining attacks on the Bush Administration to come out of the Indie underground...
Jersey Beat
Wrathgabar & Co. (Of Montreal's Jason NeSmith and Derek Almstead) offer comfortably produced popcraft. "Euthanize Yourself" packs a healthcare-system-slamming punch between jangly guitars and bluegrass-inflected bass lines, while "Television"'s spring reverb and driving rhythms chug merrily along. "The Good News" and "Be Not Afraid", the final two tracks, probably wouldn't be insulted if you called them ballads...
Splendid
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You thought you despised the ruling class - well, The Visitations have you beat
author: Kaleb (Slightly Confusing to a Stranger)
You thought you despised what has been (and will, intelligent voter, no longer be) the ruling class of 2000 - 2004 in these United States - well, The Visitations have you beat. With track names like "Dubya Speaks", "Florida" ( " those people cheat worse than my ex-girlfriend " ) and "Osama & Your SUV" - this is an album that is directed at one general dilemma (by definition, 'crooked republicans') and set in none other than the 21st century. An immediate reference point to 'Propaganda' would be what the Violent Femmes (see: Euthanize Yourself, Milk the Bull) at their most memorable (circa "Blister in the Sun", 1983) would sound like mildly Dead Kennedy-pissed off 20 years later.
Armed with acoustics, a sparse set of drums and voice-samples from the degenerate "leader" of malapropos himself ( lil' George ), Visitation main man Davey Wrathgabar (he's been seen touring solo with a laptop) gets off his chest what many smothered Amerikans wish they had the nerve to put on tape. The man isn't holding ANYTHING back either, as his website had a personal post in June that said this: "Finally, a permanent bedtime for Bonzo. I would gladly brave the eleven hour wait to shit on Ronald Reagan's coffin". 2 sunburnt thumbs up to Davey, and please - "Don't let the man get you down".
It's not all just politics, as "The Good News" and it's 4-minute straight jabs at the bestseller most know as The Bible ( "They nailed you on a stick and said that you had died " ) would sound perfect next to Fifteen's "Jesus" on a perfect 'think for yrself' mixtape.
Has Michael Moore heard "Propaganda" yet, because any of the 11 offerings here could serve as the audible accompaniment to his next project on broken promises and desensitized decision makers. Listen, and most importantly let this be your soundtrack on the way to the polls in November. Something tells me the fuel-friendly compact Davey will get there in has a "Kill Your Television" bumper sticker on the rear (hear: "Television") - unless, of course, he rides his bike.
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Infectious and clever!
author: Dorothy
Infectious, clever,and so politically incorrect - who is this Davey Wrathgabar anyway?
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