Lollipop Lust Kill (Artemis)
The 8 year old band shares all the songwriting credits, and their love of B movies, specifically horror flicks, is reflected on nearly every cut. It's not for the faint-hearted: "Like A Disease," one of their best songs, is a vengeful fantasy: "Knee Deep in the Dead" takes its bloodthirsty prospective from the video game "Doom."
But at its core, "My So Called Knife" reflects a universal angst that isn't that far removed from the most basic blues. Of course, the band takes some of these emotions to their most extreme, and lead vocalist Tom Redrup delivers everything with a conviction that leaves no place to hide.
Add the mighty twin-guitar attack of Greg Dillabaugh and Gary Redick, machine-gun drumming from Chris Tesch, a bottom-less bottom from bass player Dan Nichols, and the weird effects of keyboard man Keith Sunday, and you've got a band to be reckoned with.
----Rod Lockwood