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Popular non-profit web magazine and art advocates, IPaintMyMind, posted a stellar review of O Sad And Future Human. Check it out the original post or read it below.
The Answer Team opens "Sad and Future Human" as aptly as the title could ever suggest, as feedback and dissonance give way to melody, opening the doors on what's to come. This album does indeed feel like a sober love letter to a future being. As far as the music, the atmospheric aspect to their instrumental attack creates an impressive wall of sound. They're rock format is supplemented by orchestral overtones that build into walls of sound, and later descend, relying on various rhythms that end up pulling the motion in various interesting directions. "Bedroom Anthropologist" capitalizes on a stellar sample which gives the record its title, and which talks about a tape recorder being found inside a white tree in Jakarta. (We know, that alone is enough for you to try this record on for size.) The sample gives the album the only vocabulary it needs, as the ideas inspired fit perfectly with the evolving destruction brought to life by the sum of this bands' parts. "Breakfast for Dinner" further enhances the 'build, destroy, rebuild' mode the band seems to perfect, and "Does This Shirt Make Me Look Dead" provides one of the more memorable melodies on the record, being deftly balanced with TAT's trademark guitar-driven sonic edifices.
This Omaha, NE based post-rock outfit on Imagine It Records is talented, has vision, and makes music that will surely spawn thoughts between the ears that take it on.
The Answer Team = really good music.
Popular music blog, EverythingIsChemical.com, just posted this glowing review about O Sad And Future Human.
7.5 out of 10
Omaha Nebraska has been a hotbed of musical activity dating back as far as the 1920's. Jazz clubs and underground nightspots were once home to some of the most prominent staples in Jazz, Blues and Swing history. There has been a notable music scene to be found in Omaha at any point in time ever since. It wasn't until the early 1990's that Omaha began it's gradual reign as one of the biggest independent music scenes in the Midwest. The Answer Team is certainly helping to fuel this fire with their debut album, "O Sad And Future Human".
Formed in 2006, Thomas McCauley and Brandon Bone started jamming together in college, and thus began a foundation that would eventually evolve into The Answer Team. After a few years of "revolving door" band members and a brief stint with vocals, their niche was found with the help of now permanent fixtures, Jason Bejot and Dustin Treinen. This finely tuned niche I speak of can be summed up by just simply calling them an instrumental Post Rock band, but this would be an understatement, and quite frankly, an insult to the band itself. The album opener, "Where's The Sun" is a gorgeous yet deceptive tune, it begins with a bit of feedback and distorted chords sugarcoated with light, melodic anticipation; all the makings of a build-up that begs for an explosion of angst-ridden vocals and rapid guitar riffs. Fortunately, it takes a refreshing detour into a beautiful, arpeggio-rich frolic. It's almost like a lone flower growing out of a crack in the middle of a gritty city sidewalk. This sets the tone for the whole album. On "Does This Shirt Make Me Look Dead?", uplifting layers of violin and a defiant, thunderous rhythm make this track as powerful as it is heart wrenching. The occasional spoken word interlude and a captivating solo piano track serve as palate cleansers for the ears and mind. There are no shortages of gems here.
"O Sad And Future Human" paints an honest and extremely well structured portrait of a journey through the emotional spectrum. Whether you're an avid Post Rock lover or an occasional visitor of the genre who feels that a little goes a long way, there is something here for you. This is a strong debut by a group who I hope will continue to produce beautiful music for years to come. For fans of Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, Pelican, This Will Destroy You and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Standout tracks: Where's The Sun, Does This Shirt Make Me Look Dead?, A Hero's Aftermath, A New Look At Marilyn Monroe
Photography courtesy of Daniel Muller.
