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  • Psychogeography

    ALP123

    Artist: Poem Rocket

    Label: Atavistic

    At first this record comes off like Sonic Youth and Blonde Redhead -- NY art-rock bands that sometimes got a little pretentious and lost track of melody and coherence. Not so with Poem Rocket; even though the band name blows, the music can be stunningly beautiful and low-down garage rock at the same time. Not many folks since the Velvet UNderground have accomplished that. The band's alternating male and female vocals, droning distortion, and insistent drumming coupled with solid vocal melodies could single-handedly revive college rock.

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  • Invasion!

    ALP133

    Artist: Poem Rocket

    Label: Atavistic

    Though Avant-pop couple Michael Peters and Sandra Gardner--the principal players in Poem Rocket--took seven years putting together INVASION!--a double disc, 19 song miasmic statement of purpose--fans will find it worth the wait. Poem Rocket's vision has always been grandiose, but the scope of INVASION! surpasses their previous outings. Their compositions craftily walk the line between bombastic soundscape and hooky songwriting to create a truly unique aural epic that one can hum along to.

    -The Omega Order