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...fifth on ATO and their first with new bassist Andy Hess and keyboardist Danny Louis, doesn’t attempt to reinvent the band’s hard rock-based sound, still emphasizing razor-edged riffing, slower rock numbers and Haynes’ trademark voice. This album is less jam-oriented than The Deepest End, although Haynes’ love of power riffs (“Lola Leave Your Light On”) is clearly still alive and well. Unfortunately, blues number “My Separate Reality” sounds so much like the Allman Brothers original...
...think the jam is kind of just energy and high intensity,” he says...
...doesn’t bring “jam...
While the Oldhams have traditionally found their base with the indie community, Ned Oldham seems to make conscious efforts to depart from his brother’s footsteps. If there’s one thing hipsters hate, it’s jam-rock, and while I wouldn’t be so bold as to classify this record so damningly, it’s safe to say that this album would find a friend in a mourning Phish-head much more easily than someone who’s into, say, the Dismemberment Plan. The songs are long, and the songs...
This is not as to say that at times the Anomoanon isn’t good at what they do; like My Morning Jacket and Wilco, once upon a time, the Anomoanon straddles the divide between the hipster and jam undergrounds, finding little secure fit in either pigeonhole but appealing to both scenes. Though “Mr. Train” borrows from classic-rock railroad mystique, the music is constantly engaging, especially in the driving percussion and high-hat touches and the smooth vocals. Ned can cover a vocal range without his more celebrated brother’s cracks...