![]() For example, there is a heavy tie here between the synthesizer and the lead vocals on the track and for the vast majority of the track as there is little else to create an overarching sound. However different the styles are during “Cultivation”, the fact is that each of the songs here could make it onto their respective genre’s radio station “Charlie’s Kids” is the first track that really shatters any direct comparison with a genre. It is still that vague “country” sound of Gram Rabbit that the band comes back to time and time again during “Cultivation” as “Angel Song” mixes it with a Simon & Garfunkel type of disaffected, drowsy vocal styling. Throw in some synthesizer lines and one has something that is more of a mixture of Drowning Pool and the Boomtang Boys than anything. It only takes a minute for Gram Rabbit to completely change their tune, as “Bloody Bunnies (Superficiality)” takes the role of a cheerleading style clap-fest that is backed up by a straight-forward rock guitar riff. The reason why this fusion of styles work is because of the brilliant instrumentation and production that demarcates Gram Rabbit as different from many of the other bands currently on the market. ![]() The slithering, sultry guitar/drum dynamic that starts off “Cultivation” during “Waiting In The Kountry” ties together disparate elements of music, whether it be Primus, Frank Zappa or even the style of music that would be perfect on the soundtracks for “El Mariachi” or “Natural Born Killers”. Gram Rabbit – Cultivation / 2006 Stinky / 12 Tracks / / / Reviewed 15 March 2006
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