Review from TIME OFF #1029
Wednesday July  4 - July 10 2001

Feature Album of the Week
Something For Kate - Echolalia (Sony)

Taking the crown as their finest release to date, Something for Kate's third LP makrs yet another mutation in their evolution.  A lyrical feast, Echolalia glistens with a productionand sensibility that is lacking on any of their previous works and exudes intelligence and refinement.
First single 'Monsters' is indicative of what is to be found amoungst Echolalia's 13 tracks - an understated leaning towards lyrical intensity and theme rather than guitar riff or hook, all the while shimmering in a euphoric beauty that drifts from track to track in a life altering haze.
Of most note is the album's attention to pace, urgency, and flow, swinging from the calm ('Stunt Show', 'You Only Hide', 'Old Pictures') to the punchy ('Say Something', 'Three Dimensions') and the panic-stricken ('Feeding the Birds and Hoping for Something In Return'), adding to the involuntary response this album draws from you.
A masterpiece that will leave you breathless, inspire, introspective, restless, weeping, stung and glowing - all at the same time, and begging for more.

5 STARS

(Darren Swan)