This Knoxville, TN progressive jam band put out their debut album, Fat Accomplice in 2006, immediately winning them a spot in Bonnaroo's Troo Music Lounge. With a clever name (George Costanza's alter-identity used in various mischief), the six produce a stunning auditory experience.
The album starts off loose, with a floating asynchronus chorus of sounds, instrumentals, and vocals in That's A Good Question Pt1. The sounds quickly converge into a driving beat with riffs that pull you along into mad, expeditious guitar solos in That's A Good Question Pt2. Well projected vocals also give way to the multi-layered rapid spoken rant atop this instrumental mountaintop:
"... the wiseman says the EYE is the best of artists, however, my eye has painted a picture of the (lurching?) of the american political digression..."
Delerium, Carefree Tastetest, Minus; The lyrics are as catchy as the riffs and witty as hell. The dynamics are well used and will carry you up, down, and most certainly all around.
As you move through the album, among the sweeping transitions you will find a musical story being told. Artvandalay expresses through this album their esoteric philosophies about the world and the self in a psychotropic chorus whose grooves match its intellect.
This is a wonderful album to drive to, mellow out to, or dance to.
You can find them on myspace here:
http://www.myspace.com/artvandalaymusic
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