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Release Date: Feb 19, 2008; Lead Performance: The Big Sleep; Genre: Rock
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Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)
The sound is certainly big, but this Brooklyn trio's sophomore CD is far from soporific. Big Sleep traffic primarily in stern instrumental rock of the bracing dig-these-clanging-guitars variety, the type of stuff Steve Albini lives for. Truth be told, Sleep Forever may be a tad too stylistically slippery for its own good; ''Organs'' is a prickly exercise in progpsych fusion, ''Little Sister'' flaunts flamenco flourishes, ''Undying Love'' skirts hair-metal territory, and so on. Still, it's an invigorating ride (though we suspect Raymond Chandler would be thoroughly bemused).
Posted Feb 22, 2008
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