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June 9th, 2005 by Phantasmo Dredg drops some serious headphone candy
Rich layers, intricate guitar playing, some of the most delicate piano on a proper rock album, and singer Gavin Hayes’ soaring voice, this album has already pole-vaulted to the top of my 2005 Top 11 list. I think I listened to it about a dozen times all the way through the first day I got it. I’m not really sure why Dredg gets lumped into the same category as Alien Ant Farm, Papa Roach, and other nu-metal bands because they sound like no other band I’ve ever heard, and certainly not those bands. They did tour with the Deftones at one point, which I can understand, but definitely not Alien Ant Farm. That’s just crazy talk. Standout tracks: Bug Eyes, Sang Real, and Zebra Skin, the latter of which sounds oddly like some G-funk song. Catch Without Arms is a must-have. For a complete disection of the album’s meaning (and this guy has done some serious research), click here. Download it now. Buy it on June 21. |
Southern California ‘art-rock’ masterminds Dredg will be releasing their third major-label album Catch Without Arms through Interscope Records on June 21.