Chinaski - Megaton Robotic Apple Pie (2005) [FLAC EAC LOG CUE]

Artist: Chinaski
Release: Megaton Robotic Apple Pie
Released: 2005
Label: Blame It On Mobeaky / Chooki Publishing
Country: US
Style: Indie-Rock

Source: CD
Format: FLAC / Lossless / Log / CUE

Tracklist:

01. Frontline
02. Troubled
03. Numbered Days
04. Whiskey Song
05. Highway 61
06. One More Lie
07. What You Wanted
08. Tijuana
09. There Is A Place
10. Weight Of The World

Review:

Chinaski deliver another infectious, signature album with crunchy low end guitars, interwoven bass lines, and thunderous drumming. With wide-ranging influences and qualities explained by the band as, "the threatening crunch of Sabbath, the spring-coil tightness and groove of the Jesus Lizard, and the atmospherics of the Doors," the band reaches far beyond the typical rock genre to a place that can only be understood through sound.

The songs on the album range from the darkly jazz-inflected groove of "There Is A Place" featuring Lomet's dramatic vocal presence, the angular and explosively blues-tinged "Highway 61", the strummy and harmony-laden "One More Lie", and the aggressive driving darkness and operatic fury of "Frontline." The lyrics hint at politics, but could also be personal. The words lining the songs are neither directive nor dogmatic. No message blares forth. And yet, its understood.

The massive low end of their sound comes from the chunky bottom of Cudahy's guitar, paired with McCoy's bass lines, and anchored by Weinstein's sinewy drumming. It's a sonic foundry of thick guitars and pounding rhythms set off by a straight-shooting lead vocal. Chinaski rocks with more power and finesse than bands twice their size and wattage, which when all is said and done, really is the bottom line.