AMP leaps out at you with "Typical" off their new CD Abrasion...at first listen you may be tempted to think the boys reign from Seattle or some other West Coast gig, but dig into this CD and midway through you realize this band has many tastes o' flavor, and they're east coast to the bone...so you can throw genres out the window, unless quality is in your book.
The sound on this CD is superb, not too bright and not too grungy...you can chalk that up to band member, producer and engineer Chris McGuire, he has done an excellent job. I like guitars, and they're clear and kickin throughout...
Standout cuts include just about every song, with notables being Cross Section, the grinding Undefined, and Come Down...but put the laser anywhere and you'll probably like what you hear. A.M. Prophecy is the band Still Rain always wanted to be, but were too hung on themselves just to let go and be that band..AMP look like college frat boys...could they be? It doesn't matter, because anywhere there is a keg and rock n roll fans, this band has a home.
There's enough stomp and bump on this CD to please most of the cynical set...and it comes off just a tad unpretentious, so AMP has the insight on the media-geared cyberfreaks
who have to be pleased for any new band to really be needed and wanted in today's on-line
driven emerging markets. It's early in 1996, but not soon enough for you to get this CD and
spend a few hours with a shining up-n-coming blue ribbon band...
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