The Manifolds - III
ARTIST.....: The Manifolds
TITLE......: III
LABEL......: Shaman Recordings
URL........: www.killshaman.com
RIP DATE...: Apr-30-2006
STORE DATE.: 000-00-2004
GENRE......: Indie
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 49,6 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Red 02:28
02 - Light In The Boots 02:13
03 - Irkin Me 03:17
04 - People's Court 01:32
05 - Kill Detective 01:52
06 - On The Line 02:51
07 - Boris Named Boredom 02:18
08 - Pack It 02:28
09 - Droney Pirate 01:49
10 - Steven Sea Gull 03:00
11 - What M? 02:14
12 - Makin' Nasty 02:26
13 - Untitled 03:46
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32:14 min
Release Notes:
I think it's safe to say that The Manifolds are the most
overlooked Southern California band around right now. They've been
creating their brand of soulful rock way before all the "The"
groups sprouted up, but have been little recognized for it. That's
okay though because it's all about to change with the release of
their newest CD, simply titled, III.
On their newest disc, the band have finally gotten a recording
representative of their live sound, which is a chaotic mix of
classic garage, fired-up punk and dirge-filled, angular rock. Just
check out tracks like "Irkin Me" or "Pack It" and try not to fall
in love with Julian Peeke's audacious guitar riffs and balls out
vocals. If that isn't enough, maybe spin "Light In The Boots" a
few times and try not to swing to The Apes-like groove of the
guitar, bass and drums power trio.
Taking influences from everyone between Skull Kontrol and Nation
of Ulysses to The Stooges and Unwound, The Manifolds passionately
weave their intricate web of post-rock. A perfect example can be
found on "Steven Sea Gull" where their drummer, Adam Nameless,
clanks the cowbell hard enough to spawn an SNL spoof much like a
certain Blue Oyster Cult. But thanks to the bass pounding of
Nicole Barker, the band maintain complete Touch & Go integrity all
the way through. This is by far their best line-up of musicians to
date and it shows.
On the ladder part of the disc things get real gritty and good,
like on "Droney Pirate", where the band go on a full blast of pure
punk rock mayhem. Equally powerful is "Makin' Nasty", where the
guitars noodle around eerily in a Chris Hamley kind of way. It
brings to mind the best stop-start moments of Jesus Lizard, while
simultaneously channeling the chorded glory of Team Dresch and The
Breeders.
However, like all good underground bands, there is as strong
feeling of attachment involved when listening to The Manifolds
III. It's that music snob side of all of us that doesn't really
want one of our fav's to be "discovered". If they do, it would
mean the bros sporting The Vines shirts would probably be aping
Julian and Co. harder than I already do. I guess it's too late
though, III is already out and once the public gets a taste of it,
fame is something The Manifolds won't be able to avoid. So I guess
if I can't beat 'em, I might as well join 'em! Buy this now!
(lightupthesky.com)