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Impressions
'A Little Less Than Honest' is angry,
ever so angry rock music, of a mostly hard variety. Vocalist Marissa
Banghart is getting therapeutic and a wee bit confessional with the
lyrics, giving songs like “Zach Thomas” a sincerity to the
viciousness most bands would only toy with. Seriously Zach, you're
dog meat pal. While definitely filled with anger, Banghart's vocals
do seem to bring the same emotional resonance to every track, giving
them all a similar sound, except “What You Are”, where her vocal
range gets to explore the space a bit more on the high and low end to
great effect. The music backing her up isn't instantly remarkable,
coming off a bit too similar at times to other modern alt rock bands
(thankfully in this case, none of them being Hole), but upon repeated
listens the goods reveal themselves. It was the little touches the
keyboards added to certain songs; “Sober Up” for instance, that
became more apparent upon subsequent listens. A little psychedelia is
just what the doctor ordered, let the drunken haze roll on! “8's
and 12's” shows just how much rumbling force having three bassists
will bring to your music, the keyboards also bring a small amount of
80's prog rock to the table with their icy stings on the chorus.
“Megan's Song” being partially acoustic and a straight forward
ballad is a nice change of pace, tonally. The lone electric guitar
wailing in the background gives things a melancholic touch whereas
every other track brings the pain. It would have made a better end to
the EP than where it is now, but that's only even a minor issue if
you listen to tracks in order. 'A Little Less Than Honest' sticks to
its hard rock guns and succeeds for the most part, and as the first
release with their current line up, I feel things will only get
better over time. A few rough spots, but worth checking out.
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