volcano! - Paperwork

#100) volcano! - Paperwork (2008)

1. Performance Evaluation Shuffle
2. Africa Just Wants to Have Fun
3. Tension Loop
4. Fairy Tale
5. Slow Jam
6. '78 Oil Crisis
7. Sweet Tooth
8. Astronomer's Ballad
9. '-----------------
10. Palimpsests
11. Kitchen Dance

so it's our 100th post which means Crossover Time again. it was adam's pick and he chose this .

he discovered this band way back when for our 1st end of month theme, Local Bands. you can read his original post here.

as he states in his post this band incorporates a lot of different things into their sound. they're very poppy but also very experimental. Fairy Tale is probably a good example. it's a very poppy sounding song overall but it's pretty much buried under a layer of distorted synth noise. as good as the poppy parts are i prefer them at their noisiest. the singer has a good range and a lot of energy. i don't get the whole random Spanish lyrics thing but hey, if that's your thing he does it. the drums and guitars weave in and out of time signatures effortlessly and make for a compelling backdrop for the singer's range. i've listened to this album a couple times now and have found things i missed on previous listens. this was a really cool record, i'll definitely be checking out more of their stuff.