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"Urban Development
Series Vol. 4" (CD)
(Split CD with Landspeedrecord!)
amBiguous CITY! Records
Summer 2001
"Kitra Vol.
3 Compilation" (CD)
Song:
Power Bunny 4x4 Records
Spring 2001
"Turn On
" (CD)
Power Bunny 4x4 Records
(7")
Power Bunny 4x4 Records
"Kitra Vol.
2 Compilation" (CD)
Song:
Power Bunny 4x4 Records
 
 
 
photos by Augusto Menezes
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BIOGRAPHY
Amy Jacob - vocals, guitar
Mike Kabok - bass
Alex Saville - guitar
THEY'RE
SAYING WHAT?
Landspeedrecord! offers a musical journey
from jagged indie rock to emo to art-pop, always smart and emotional.
The lyrics offer compact stories of splendor and suffering. Sonorous
vocals, the use of synthesizers, and the music's overall dremaily
ambient beauty temper their somewhat tense and jarring sound.
Lead singer Charley Jamison's voice proves that both anger can
be graceful and that beauty can be vehement.
Prosolar Mechaincs music is beautifully
complemented by lead singer Amy Jacob's sultry and soft voice.
This is a band that exists within the new wave and noise rock
worlds while simultaneously moving beyond them, creating a smooth
and radiant musical domain in which harmony and power share ruling
duties.
This CD is a strong release, and both
bands will surely have much to show in the future.
- Miranda Hale, Kitty Magik
Split CD by Baltimore's prickly Landspeedrecord!
and New Brunswick/ Highland Park's Prosolar Mechanics opens with
a scary visit to a friend "resting comfortably" in an
asylum. Landspeedrecord! tells quick, complex stories over
jangly guitars and dreamy mechanical noise; boiling emotion in
an industrial world. Prosolar Mechanics's raging guitars,
thunderous drums and Amy's soft voice suggest evil moving through
shadows, everyday violence one should've seen coming. Gorgeous,
unnerving nightmares and difficult truth throughout.
- altrok.com
Prosolar Mechanics features
the beautiful female vocals of Amy Jacob, as she is out in front
of a band that plays a sturdy, rollicking brand of noisy guitar
rock. "The Future of Sex" was the most powerful
of the songs here, as her soothing vocals melt within a swirling
ball of guitar and drumming. Conversely, "Red Down the Middle"
is a sultry effort that is built around Jacob’s warm tone
and a subdued melodic hum, which morphs into a bass-heavy mid-tempo
track that has a feel that matches the earthy lyrics. The speedy
"Sender" was born to rule the airwaves of college stations
everywhere, and has enough accessibility to allure some bold programmer
into giving it a spin. There is something so easily likable about
this band. Prosolar Mechanics are the complete package and deserve
huge exposure.
- Rich Quinlan,
Jersey Beat
This is Vol 4. in a series of splits
from AmBiguousCity records Urban Development Series and it's a
winner. Landspeed opens up the show with good ole SST, husker
du inspired, style rock. Plenty of politcal savy, envy and guitar
riff intent to keep music snobs on their toes or be gone with
their ability to note a toe tapper when the songs says Go. Denser
and darker comes the space music of Prosolar. If you are looking
for that next female vocal to win you over Amy has got the most
powerful and enchanting voice to take you where few space music
travellers have been. All tracks stand out. Just order your copy
today and you will thank us.
- Slash and
Burn.net
Landspeedrecord! play charged up rock
with cracking vocals and a whole lot of charm. They remind me
of a mix of Metroschifter and At the Drive In, while remaining
completely unique. Prosolar Mechanics are a tight rock machine.
Very fitting female vocals. The conservative use of distorted
bass is heavenly. Both of these bands are awesome, which makes
for a pretty great release.
- Geek America
With their five new tracks, the always
prolific and constantly mutating Landspeedrecord! seems to have
settled on a homogenous sound. Over its five-year history, LSR!'s
sound has evolved from sloppy, sarcastic rock to angular, DC-inspired
post-punk. Urban Development Series Vol.4 reveals yet another
genre change for LSR!; this time, the band has settled on quirky,
keyboard-inspired rockers that bring to mind early XTC, The Talking
Heads and Wire. On "Neophobes", Charley Jamison belts
out a variety of vocal styles, ranging from intriguing falsetto
melodies to monotone storytelling (think Tubeway Army), revealing
an artist who has found a comfortable musical niche. "Best
Revenge" retains a touch of Hüsker Dü punkdom,
but avoids any specific genre classification with the inclusion
of Nord modular synths. There's something for everyone on each
of these tracks; the band continues to defy classification, yet
waves its punk rock flag with freakish delight.
Prosolar Mechanics upholds its part
of the split CD bargain with four stellar noise rock tunes that
bring to mind a heavy Love and Rockets joining evil forces with
The Breeders at their most foul-tempered. Vocalist Amy Jacob has
a way with words; her seductively coy vocal melodies mesh well
with the grinding guitar lines that drive each tune. "Red
Down the Middle" thrives on an undercurrent of tension that
never dissipates, leaving you edgy and uncomfortably intrigued.
The strongest PMX track is "The Future of Sex", with
its ringing harmonic opening and unbelievable drumming -- so tight
you'd think it was a drum machine. Rhythm junkies will drool in
delight at the perfect beats and dense layers of intense guitar
that construct this powerful number. Who is this New Brunswick,
NJ band? You'd sure as hell better find out soon, as they'll be
taking over the entire New York/New Jersey music scene soon enough.
While none of the names here may sound
familiar, you shouldn't even think about passing up this CD. It's
hard enough to find nine consistent tracks by one band, but when
two entirely different bands can jive together in recorded harmony
as well as these two do, you get the best of both worlds. Both
bands hint at '80s references, but this split disc is anything
but another retro-bore; its strange fusion of punk, sarcastic
wit and space rock creates a genre unto itself.
- Andrew Magilow, Spledidzine.com-
Prosolar Mechnics combines a Sonic
Youth-ish, two-guitar-attack style with slightly abstract lyrics
and vocals (from guitarist/vocalist Amy Jacob) that are sultry,
laidback and a tad artsy. Their sound sort of resembles early
90s alternative rock, but is much more warped. Almost captivating
and often surprising, on these 4 tracks, Prosolar Mechanics are
at their best when they explode into free rock (like at the end
of "The Future of Sex") or conjure up sparse, spooky
atmospheres, as on the final track "415." As far as
I can tell, the Urban Development Series is about groups who are
building their own musical universes, marking a mark in their
hometowns. These groups definitely fit in; they have their own
voices, and use them to grab hold of your attention.
- dave heaton, www.erasingclouds.com
GET IN TOUCH
PO Box 1403
Highland Park, NJ 08904-1403
info@prosolarmechanics.com
www.prosolarmechanics.com
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