22 March 2021

THE GRAVEROBBERS Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 1999

 


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AllMusic Review by Eugene Chadbourne

This Arlington, VA, band hones in on a sound that elusively slips around between styles of rock as if it was a time machine with a few loose fuses. One moment it's a roots rock sound, the next a tight, nervous new wave beat, then a fuzzbox kicks in around a catchy melody and it is almost like pre-Nirvana grunge. This set of songs suffers from excessive repetition of several devices that would have come across as more clever if used less frequently. And as a whole, the songs sound too similar to each other, almost like a continuing story that the listener might not want to hear the end of. The voice of leader Karl Straub is really beautiful, though, often bringing a song amazingly to life from one breath to the next. Several standout tracks are worthy of attention, especially the dark, disturbing "Acid Black" and the lyrically captivating "Rock Salt." 


Tracklist

1 Black Soda Under Black Rum 2:32
2 Elvic Costello 2:33
3 Sleeping On The Moon 1:55
4 Rock Salt 2:35
5 Tonight 3:51
6 Catch My Breath 1:47
7 Dried Out Loud 2:03
8 Acid Black 2:02
9 Lords Of Fuzz 2:12
10 Take A Bullet 2:06
11 Through Tonic Water 2:10
12 Ice Fishing 1:30
13 Soda Pop Moon 1:43

 

 

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