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Album Review: Zeus – Busting Visions BY DAVID DILILLO ON MARCH 29TH, 2012 IN ALBUM REVIEWS

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By fine-tuning a mix of sweet pop rock and determined guitar chops on their second album, Busting Visions, Zeus has become more focused and, in turn, more enjoyable; this is the one that’ll bring the band’s sound into its own.

You can’t call their brand of rock heavy and hard so much as energetic and ear-grabbing. Brewing cavalier pop with hushed funk, Zeus at times emulates both French pop-rock masterminds Phoenix and the less alt-country iterations of FESTIVAL OUTLOOK Blitzen Trapper with their fun class of jumpy rock. The Toronto foursome’s slight classic rock RECENTLY UPDATED UPCOMING FESTIVALS tendencies, previously courted on their debut, Say Us , to adequate results, become strengths Our rating: QUEBEC CITY SUMMER FESTIVAL JUL 04JUL 14, 2013 QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC here. On “Hello Tender Love” – one of the jewels (VARIOUS LOCATIONS) of the album, channeling the now-defunct NY Buy this album on Insound! MOOGFEST funk band Julius C – the band pumps a powerful, OCT 26OCT 27, 2012 ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA soul-dripping chorus through an excellent (VARIOUS VENUES) transition into the McCartney-like playhouse affair of “Messenger’s Way”. This isn’t TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS nearly the only clever moment on the record, but it sure sticks with you the most. JAN 16JAN 20, 2013 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (VARIOUS VENUES)

Recalling songs like the laid-back “The Renegade” from 2010, the pleading “Let It Go, NOISE POP FEB 26MAR 03, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Don’t Let It Go” echoes the bittersweet melancholy of Steely Dan’s saddest lyrical (VARIOUS VENUES) moments, and “Proud and Beautiful” is another brief softie with a tender swagger. The band’s earnest attitude makes for eclectic instrumentation that never offends but only See all Festival News knocks you off your feet if you’re truly paying attention. Overall, elements like harlequin piano chords, guitars imitating kazoos, and click-clack percussion could have been embroidered to greater detail.

The more outward moments on Busting Visions, such as opener “Are You Gonna Waste My Time?” and “With Eyes Closed”, recall groovy, romantic joy from decades ago, and on VISIT OUR FRIENDS “Cool Blue (And the Things You Do)”, Rob Drake, Mike O’Brien, Neil Quinn, and Carlin Nicholson play as a more theatrical, spaced-out Spoon, with lingering jazz harmonies, ALPHABET ARM MUSIC FOR ANTS vocal grit, and resounding bell chimes. Keeping up with this boldness and ANTIQUIET NERDY SHOW experimentation could yield future material worthy of Mount Olympus. BEATCRAVE ROCK IT OUT! BLOG BROOKLYNVEGAN SLICING UP EYEBALLS Essential Tracks: “Let It Go, Don’t Let It Go”, “Hello Tender Love”, and “Strong Mind” BUMPERSHINE SOME KIND OF AWESOME COVER ME STEREOGUM CULTURE BULLY TEXTHOG Like 3 Tweet 8 reddit Pin It StumbleUpon DOEJO THE AUDIO PERV ELBO.WS THE MUSIC SLUT TAGS HIDDEN TRACK THE RICH ROFFMAN SHOW Zeus HIPSTER RUNOFF THE WEEKLY FEED HOW'S MY LIVING? THE WHISKY DREGS YOU MIGHT LIKE FROM AROUND THE WEB HYPETRAK TWENTYFOURBIT INFOROO WINDY CITY ROCK MORRISSEY: “THE SMITHS ARE NEVER, THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS DEAD BUT I ABOUT US ADVERTISE CONTACT US PRIVACY POLICY TERMS & CONDITIONS COPYRIGHT © 2007 2012 CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND MADE BY doejo

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