Wowzer - one of the absolutely best CDs I've heard all year (and over the last few years as well)! Pure thudding
rock-meets-ska from start to finish, perfect mixing, spot-on playing, clear vocals, the works! The four tracks work
together from start to finish, and I've not been able to kill the repeat switch... pure fun all the way, and way too
many influences to catalogue. Nuff said!
Reviewer: Joseph Nadon (Dec 2009)
Temple - opens with a backing vocals howling in a baritone that remind me of the singing trees in an oldschool felix
the cat episode... the vocalist tears tears through the oak forest choir like a buzz saw and as the singing trees are
chopped down the lumber tumbles to earth and continues to roll down the hillside, taking me with them as i grab onto
a branch. Riding the timber like a makeshift tobogan for the rest of the hill, a fast ride down and its over as quickly
as it started. And much the same way you feel when you get to the bottom of a hill, the natural feeling was to pick up
my tobogan and began hiking up the hill for more. Fantastic intro track!
Eagle Eye - this song didn't quite take me on the same metaphor invoking journey as the intro track did. This sounded to
me more like their attempt at a radiofriendly pop song, and they succeeded by dishing out bland melodies and predictable
structure that drowns in the sea of mediocrity as it tries to fit in by being a another swanson tv dinner of song.
What You Came For - this a great little tune that opens up with some infectious creepy keys that immediately engage the
listener and roll well with the swinging drums. It's a pleasant combination of old pop music sensibilites combined with
bristly rock n roll gristle. This is a great armchair song but I could definitely see this being a crowd pleaser and house
parties, bars and clubs as it's very dancable - in fewer words; chicks would dig it.
Oliver Charles Darwin - This song is a lot different than the first three tunes on the single with a more understated feel
that's kept interesting with sweeping horn section and the skippy percussion patterns that have been evident throughout the
entire EP that seem to be at the core of the Volcanoe's familiar yet unique sound. As the song progresses it had hints of
melodramatic melody that reminded me heavily of Eagles - Hotel California. This is a pleasant song that caps off the EP quite well.