KINKY
Atlas
Nettwerk America
Atlas is ripe with surfy-guitar riffs, danceable grooves and quirky lyrics not unlike their obvious influence Cake. Lead Cake-man John McCrea even does the vocal duties on The Heaphonist and one wouldnt even know that the back up band was different unless you were told. Sure, Snapshot adds a little Odelay-era Beck to the mix and the percussion and multi-lingual slant of Presidente and Pos Que So Vengan add in tons of spicy Latin flavor but otherwise, its just like Cakes kid brother. This isnt necessarily a bad thing. Both Not Afraid and Airport Feelings up the ante on that style and give McCrea something to top when he gets his band back in the studio.
Chris McKay /concertshots.com