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Bee Movie the Band

Volcano Bear EP

Julie Seabaugh

Wed, Dec 30, 2009 (5:34 p.m.)

Bee Movie The Band, Volcano Bear EP

Awful group name + head-scratching album title + gimmicky plastic magnifying glass with which to examine the no-smaller-than-anyone-else’s liner notes: Oddly enough, the equation yields an overwhelmingly positive outcome for the densely melodic, guitar-driven rockers.

The Details

Bee Movie The Band
Three stars
Beyond the Weekly
Bee Movie The Band on MySpace

Not that this debut release could be considered the slightest bit uplifting, what with abstract, stream-of-conscious lyrics concerning “damned to die” whores (“Desert”), a “society of wolves” (“Gnarly Teeth”) and a certain greed-based society’s unwinnable war that confesses “all is lost” (“Tanks of Gold”).

Yet even when the protagonist of “Analog Love Machine” fears putting “my heart on tape” is a hopeless endeavor, extended squalls of pent-up, indefatigable passion promise to burn ... and possibly redeem. No other Vegas outfit delivers propulsive bummers better.

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