The Whigs - Mission Control
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Artist: The WhigsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-01-22
Music Label: Ato Records / Red
Soundtracks:
- Like A Vibration
- Production City
- I Never Want To Go Home
- Right Hand On My Heart
- Sleep Sunshine
- 1,000 Wives
- Hot Bed
- Already Young
- I Got Ideas
- Need You Need You
- Mission Control
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Free Music Review: Good, should have been great
Hit: 4 Stars
Music: 9/10 Vocals: 3/5 Lyrics: 2/5 Production: 4/5
Total: 18/25: B-
The Whigs is a good band that could be great. First some accolades. Rolling Stone named them the best unsigned band in 2006. Esquire gave them a best drummer award in 2007. And I label them best bar band of 2008. Well, that last one isn't worth much.
The Whigs as a band are fantastic. Biting guitars. Really good drums. And a fantastic bass player. They range from balls-out rock to more moderate fare. And they are recorded fantastically. In fact, this should be used as a reference on how to record bass guitar. The composition is also great. The guitars bite but never go low to interfere with the bass. The drums sit perfectly. The bass has a great low end and yet clear upper end to hear the pluck of the notes. But after that here's where it goes wrong.
The singer isn't all that good. Yeah, he croons and yells. But really, it's the guitar player who happens to sing. Get a real singer and let the guitarist sing backup and you've got one terrific band. Top tier. And perhaps the producer knew it. The vocals are mostly put behind the band and lots of reverb. And the lyrics aren't all that good either.
If you saw these guys in a bar or small venue you'd think they were the best thing ever. But on a CD the flaw of the singer really stand out. He's not terrible. He's just not good enough for this band. And it may hold them back from really taking off.
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The Whigs are proud to announce the release of their ATO Records debut album, MISSION CONTROL. Set for a January 22, 2008 release, this confident collection of songs follows up the band's self-released / self-financed album, GIVE `EM ALL A BIG FAT LIP, which caught the attention of many, including Rolling Stone Magazine who declared the Athens GA three-piece "the best unsigned band in America." The Whigs spent most of 2006 and 2007 on the road winning over fans and critics with their full throttle alternative pop / rock which NPR hailed as a perfect combination of "the gravelly rock of The Replacements with the off-kilter pop of Guided By Voices." Eager to record their ATO debut, The Whigs entered the legendary Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, CA with producer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith). Sonically superior to anything the band has recorded to date, MISSION CONTROL is an album jam-packed with infectious melodies and dynamic rhythms. The urgency of opening track "Like A Vibration" knocks over the listener with a roaring attack of guitars, while "Production City" combines a dancing bass line over machine gun tight rhythms. Julian Dorio is a staple throughout, but on the soon to be anthem "Right Hand on My Heart," Dorio's playing makes it evident why Esquire Magazine named him "Drummer of the Year" in 2007. The Whigs will spend the rest of 2007 on the road gearing up for the release of MISSION CONTROL.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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