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July 2009 Music-Reviewer.com
Zelazowa’s Elephants on a Mousehunt
Heather Gioia
Intern
Artist: Zelazowa
Album: Elephants on a Mousehunt
Label: Self Released
Rating: 5 of 10
Miss the post-punk sound, the twist off the sound of legendary punk bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Talking Heads and the Ramones crossed with a new indie twist? Well, Zelazowa, a bunch of boys from Philly have brought the simple rhythms and strong lyrics back to your stereo with their latest release Elephants on a Mousehunt.
Elephants on a Mousehunt is a fallow-up to Zelazowa’s EP released in 2005, Polymorph, and incorporates only everything that all of the guys have gone through in life and learned in music, to create a 52 minute musical adventure.
When you pop in Elephants on a Mousehunt be prepared to jump as Today is Tomorrow has a distinctive indoor beach party sound. It is quite the note to start the album on, opening with an upbeat and groovy sound matched with a rusty sounding vocals. Today is Tomorrow creates the urge to jump.
Skip forward to track three, You Say Love and sit back to enjoy love song rhythms placed to a twisted punk sound. With calm guitars, bass and drums you can sit back and take to heart the confused and unsure feelings about love we all feel. Be prepared to sit back and sway in your seat enjoying powerful, yet not overwhelming guitar riffs and drum beats. You Say Love is a love song for the masses, finally a song addressing the confused feelings love entails opposed to the head-over-heels in love feeling everyone else seems to focus on.
But do not get too relaxed, because Zelazowa picks the beat back up with another exciting yet relaxing track, Autumn which contains exciting guitar riffs capturing the talents of Bryan and Kyle Webber. Then be prepared to be lost in the catchy rhythmic opening of Boneyard Destination. Boneyard Destination has the back-to-basics bass sound dominated by Ian Sharkey beneath noticeable and notable guitar riffs.
Elephants on a Mousehunt has an upbeat punk-indie sound with harmonic and dominate guitar riffs, experimental drum beats and old school, back-to-basic bass lines. Until Serene, a distinctly different track and a personal favorite, guitars, bass and drums go from basic punk with an indie twist to a basic original metal sound. Prepare yourself for a brutal sound out of these sweet Philly boys, breath taking guitar solos highlighting talents the other tracks failed to. With piercing guitars and brutal bass and drum lines match with calm, yet angered vocals Serene poses as a successful experimental track as Zelazowa proves they can dominate back-to-basic sounds that are not prominently punk.
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