Saturday, February 24, 2007

The Six Parts Seven--Casually Smashed to Pieces (2007)


Artist-The Six Parts Seven
Album-Casually Smashed to Pieces
Release Date-Jan 23, 2007
Genre/Style-Indie Rock
Size-45M
Quality-HQ

Official Site-http://www.myspace.com/sixpartsseven
Biography-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Parts_Seven

Review-Reviewed by Houstonpress.com

Instrumental rock has long been the genre's redheaded stepchild. Radio ignores it, and many people start squirming in their seats if a singer doesn't start whining and growling into their ears. And you know what? Six Parts Seven doesn't give a damn about your need for lyrics and vocalization. These gentle souls have issued five albums of cerebral yet pastoral, voice-free rock to growing critical acclaim; now the quartet has delivered its masterpiece.

The eight-song Casually Smashed to Pieces meanders down tree-canopied pathways, mellow and carefree. Guitars spangle and sigh with yearning and regret and banjos jangle in beautiful sympathy, while hazy brass fanfares billow in the distance. In an age pummeled by bad news, an "all is right with the world" vibe peeks through the band's shimmering ease; it's a methodical grace that seems positively pre-Internet in its refusal to hustle and bustle. And while the pace sometimes does get too dozy, Pieces mostly achieves a languorousness that totally soothes the soul.

Read other reviews here: Pithforkmedia.com review
and Podbop.org review
and Irockcleveland review

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