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By the turn of the 21st century, "alternative" wasn't really anything anymore, having fragmented into post-grunge, rap-rock, safe-sounding AAA, and a host of other subgenres. But there are still common twinges to all those records released on labels like DGC and American in the mid-'90s wake of Nevermind and Pablo Honey, and that's the sound Abandoned Pools continues to mine with 2005's Armed to the Teeth. Most of the songs on Armed to the Teeth are guided by strong guitar melodies that pay off in big choruses, particularly on "Catalyst" and "Lethal Killers," and the layers of strings, brass, keyboards, and programming in tracks like "Tighter Noose" and {"Renegade" add intriguing depth. Abandoned Pools often suggests a less baroque version of VAST (Visual Audio Sensory Theater), the ongoing one-man project of fellow '90s alt-rock devotee Jon Crosby.
TRACK LISTING
1 Lethal Killers 4:07
2 Rabble 3:59
3 The Catalyst 4:15
4 Tighter Noose 5:40
5 Waiting to Panic 3:35
6 Hunting (The Universe Breaks My Heart) 4:57
7 Armed to the Teeth 3:17
8 Sooner or Later 5:49
9 Sailing Seas 4:00
10 Renegade 3:16
11 Maybe Then Someday 3:46
12 Goodbye Song 6:30
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