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Be A Criminal Garrison |
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Cool concept, "Be A Criminal," when settling for less will never do, here's the alternative, ten songs dressed in quick-witted logic, we'll assume lateral significance since that's what we as humans were bred to do, though it wouldn't be uncool think these guys wrote ten songs that deal strictly about guilt and shame… Felony-Rock for the masses. Moderately tempered, heavy and smooth, with intermittent traces of light, they're more accessibly Pop-cultured than some of their more intensely drawn label mates-take a song like "Commit Commit Commit" for a reference point, featuring a tuneful chorus and unexpected piano break and well formed participative group chorus, damn near "hit" status if I'm not missing my mark… and something these guys don't do very often. Unlike most in their field, Garrison's easy enough to get into without throwing you one curve after another and infiltrating expectation at every angle. They clutch, grab, and move away, expanding slightly from your average verse, chorus, verse motion, but never far enough to escape profundity, usually returning to the place they began-"Dump The Body," or "Don't Feel Bad," which I'm not too crazy about overall but I'm feeling those heavy drum beats, and closing the book with "Accept What You've done, Accept Who You Are," words to live by and for all of us who've "done something before that we might never care to admit and the always truthful mirror that guides us… Consider Garrison's music
a step above the average, conscious clearing, mild mannered with murderous
intent, their songs, quite defiantly, in this age of technicality and
Released by Revelation Records Review by Vinnie Apicella [va85@columbia.edu]
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