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| 4.5 superb | krongey | September 8th 22 |
4 big tracks of rigorous Amero-quirka-prog. A briar patch of quick moving chromatic harmonies and
shifting meters. Although there's certainly impressive playing, there's very little that could be
called flashy in a virtuosic sense. Mostly, they get enmeshed in the fascination of the material
they find themselves in the middle of. Vocal lines are carefully woven in, as melodic as they can
be, with judicious harmony vocals from time to time. On first listen I'm not sure what they're
singing about but based on past experience with the band it's probably snarky. There's a grand
tradition of American prog bands that need to be irreverently comic and quirkily complex, but also
to achieve something to be taken seriously. It comes from Zappa through Yezda Urfa, Mr. Bungle and
Echolyn. Bubblemath aren't just a throwback, but an actual evolution of this style.
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