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Rx Bandits - Mandala
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FINALLY. Manadala might as well have been that huge gasp of air that Rx Bandits had been holding for years now. While the progressive transformation may have not been planned from their days as The Pharmaceutical Bandits, their eventual transformation has been patiently incredible. With each album, they moved from a young reggae-ska outfit into a developed, fully matured hybrid of different elements of progressive, ska, reggae, and rock. Ever since their dynamic album, The Resignation, it was clear as to their eventual final mold. With The Resignation we found eclectic tracks like “Mastering The List” and “Decrescendo” that branched out into a more progressive-rock charm that were, at the time and frankly still are, mindblowing. In fact, it was a prelude to their time spent journeying with the experimental-progressive supergroup The Sound of Animals Fighting where listeners found a rainbow of sound and ideas. From there, it was only a matter of time until they adapted this style that leant more towards a more sophisticated, nostalgic sound. Due to unfortunate circumstances, their last horn member, Chris Sheets, left the band, leaving Rx Bandits free to write their songs without catering to any hornline. In a recent interview with The Decider [1], Matt Embree stated that in the past they would essentially ‘water down’ their music for accompanying hornlines. With this dismissal, it left room for “Breakfast Cat” and “Bring Our Children Home Or Everything Is Nothing” to explore their full potential, as with most of Mandala. Flushed with poly-rhythms galore and a dance-happy rhythm section, they are two staples of an album filled with memorable moments. Just like the salsa-turned-power chord break during the guitar-happy, “Bled To Be Free (The Operation).” And with three lone songs, the Rx Bandits show their merit and capabilities that felt held back with …And The Battle Begun....full text |
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| Antiquiet |
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Sargent House sent us their new album Mandala last week after seeing our review of Portugal. The Man’s Satanic Satanist. They’ve earned our trust in their taste for music, and so it didn’t take me long to find the time to give it a spin. I can’t deny that similarities to The Mars Volta hit me immediately. The sudden stops that then jump into jazz-punk freak-out improvs, the squealing, delay pedaled leads intertwined with keyboards on Hearts That Hanker For Mistake; it would be a feat of cognitive dissonance to force myself not to bring up that comparison that I’m sure has been made by plenty of other critics. But this band is by no means to be written off as a Mars Volta clone. You can just as easily draw similarities to several wildly unrelated, less obvious bands, such as Cursive, Glassjaw, Muse, and Puya. And yet I doubt any of these bands directly influenced the group, which has evolved from a five-piece ska band to their current streamlined semi-prog rock configuration over the past fourteen years or so....full text |
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| Rocksound |
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Genre boundaries stretched to the point of snapping, traditional song structures disregarded and guitars that twitch and trickle, not only is ‘Mandala’ barely recognisable from RX Bandits’ earlier albums, it doesn’t really sound like anything at all. At least, the ska-punk band they once were had a sense of identity. The band now occupy a musical no man’s land. Their exploration across the genres is admirable, as is the infinite sense of musicianship but arguably it counts for little when the songs fail to deliver any real bite or at the very least, a decent chorus. For fans of: Howard’s Alias, The Police...full text |
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