{"id":575,"date":"2009-04-28T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T19:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downthelinezine.com\/archives\/?p=575"},"modified":"2011-02-09T12:27:24","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T18:27:24","slug":"money-on-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/money-on-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Money on the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"MONEY ON THE DEAD
MONEY ON THE DEAD<\/strong>
2009 Independent
Purchase: MySpace.com<\/a>
Review by: Matt Crosslin<\/p>\n

My first reaction to listening to this album was that this would be a group that you would probably find on Brainstorm Records, if they still existed today.\u00a0 It is one of those albums that combines many of the elements that also influenced those bands from the BAI roster that you love, throws in a dash of other influences that you kind of think you know (but can\u2019t quite put your finger on), and then avoids doing anything over-done or imitative.<\/p>\n

Money on the Dead is slightly quirky alternative music that is not too heavy or too mellow.\u00a0 In fact, I don\u2019t know if I hear much crunch at all.\u00a0 But there is still some diversity to the sounds you get here.\u00a0 I would like to hear a bit more diversity from song to song here, but it\u2019s not like they don\u2019t have any.\u00a0 I would say to just add a little more here and there, with out going over board, to take the next album to the next level.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s see how they describe themselves on MySpace.\u00a0 \u201cPop \/ Rock \/ Powerpop.\u201d\u00a0 Hmmm\u2026 yeah, I can agree with that.\u00a0 Was that an organ that just started off my favorite track (\u201cLove What’s Left\u201d) on this disc?\u00a0 Yep \u2013 nice touch \u2013 a quick hit and then on to a faster paced acoustic rock song.\u00a0 That is followed by the slightly-Beatles-influenced song \u201cThe Honesty Song.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0In fact, I think most of my favorite songs from this disc are up on their MySpace page as of now, except for the song \u201cShadowland.\u201d\u00a0 The guitar behind the chorus is brilliant. Oh, and there is some good crunch in the last song: \u201cI’m Beginning to See the Morning.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0Overall, a solid effort \u2013 if you like what you hear on their MySpace page, you will like the whole album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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