Burn the last of those flannel shirts and go get a haircut while you’re at it! The Seattle music scene has changed a lot since grunge rolled into town and that statement has now again been proven by Man Without Wax. On “Anchor” these guys sound like a band that has been going at it for some time already but instead they’re just getting their feet wet with what is in fact their debut.
With a production job by Casey Bates (Chiodos, Portugal The Man), you know you can expect some bombastic rock and he once again does not fail to deliver. Opener “You Pull Me Through Time” sounds like something Muse just didn’t get round to writing yet while first single “Kansas City Shuffle” sounds like a My Chemical Romance song actually worth hearing. “Volcano”-era Gatsby’s American Dream is a name that came to mind a bunch of times while listening to most of the songs on “Anchor” and you know that’s not a bad thing!
Armed with upbeat rhythms, two guitars, lots of vocal diversity and a whole lot of keyboard sounds in all the right places, Man Without Wax wrote an album that races by in no time leaving you wanting only more.
Score: 8 out of 10
http://www.eyeballrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/manwithoutwax
Score: 8 out of 10
http://www.eyeballrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/manwithoutwax
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