Artist.......: Zeus
Album........: Say Us
Label........: Arts&Crafts
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: A&C051
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Mar-05-2010
str.date.....: Feb-23-2010
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: /www.myspace.com/themusicofzeus
track title time
01. How Does It Feel? 02:49
02. Fever Of The Time 02:38
03. Kindergarten 02:49
04. The Renegade 03:45
05. Greater Times On The Wayside 01:00
06. The River By The Garden 03:53
07. You Gotta' Teller 03:14
08. I Know 03:16
09. Marching Through Your Head 02:24
10. The Sound Of You 03:08
11. Heavy On Me 04:37
12. At The Risk Of Repeating 04:03
Runtime 37:36 min
Size 51,5 MB
Release Notes:
It's hard not to push Zeus into the stratosphere
after an out-of-nowhere EP that offered a brief
glimpse at the heights they can reach. The
retro-fueled quartet from Toronto has been working
hard to find their sound; whether as part of
successful and highly underrated bands (The 6ixty
Eights and The Golden Dogs) or out on tour as Jason
Collett's backing band, and as hard as it is to not
build a comparison on another multi-voiced band
that got it's start playing behind a great artist,
it's even harder to ignore the obvious mythological
tie-in to the power and status the band could
achieve.
But for me, Say Us actually brings another classic
tale to mind. Icarus was given the gift of flight
thanks to the precision craftsmanship of his father
Daedalus. Zeus too rockets from the ground with
hooks, harmonies and melodies that are indebted to
their predecessors (The Beatles, The Kinks and yes,
The Band ). Don't get me wrong, the band puts their
own, more muscular spin on the sweet sounds music
lovers have gravitated to for years, and naturally,
that swagger and confidence pushes band higher and
higher. Sadly at times, Say Us gets too close to
the sun, singing the tips of the wings that gave
the band flight.
But unlike the classic tale of the impetuousness of
youth, great music only comes from taking risks,
especially when you find the ingredients in a
cupboard pillaged by countless bands. Zeus thrives
on a confidence and precision that results in a
musical freedom and while Say Us might not be the
start to finish transcendent escape we all hoped
for, for the precious moments when they soar
without fear or repercussion (How Does It Feel?,
Kindergarden, and I Know stack up against any of
the output of any Canadian band out there today),
this TO quartet owns the sky and you realize with a
bit more patience there's no limit to the heights
they can fly.