More More: Mine

[Benjamin A. Vazquez U.E.]

Mine

Artist: More More
Album: Mine
Year: 2010
CD#: 50243
Best Tracks: #2, #3, #4
Comments Overall: Indie rock, leaning towards rock rock. The sound feels larger than the size of the group. Active and energetic.

1. Forts, 3:11 - Strong rhythym. Lively and energetic. Softer section midway through. Picks back up. Soft ending.
2. Prisoners, 4:22 - Excellent instrumentation. Vocals are a bit awkward in places. Varies substantially throughout the piece.
3. Narrator, 4:16 - Begins with guitar. Strong vocals. Drums don't enter until the minuite mark. Surprisingly rich - feels like a larger group. Abrupt ending. The best track on the C.D.
4. Not Like Yesterday, 4:20 - Very strong beat. Moves along nicely. Excellent lyrics in the chorus. Firmly in the "rock" category. Abrupt ending.
5. Tigerskin, 3:16 - Quieter. The least rockish track on the C.D. Quiets down still further around 1:27. Guitar picking out a rhythym. Starts back up again at 2:02. A little yelling towards the end. The remaining time on the C.D. player is misleading - there are twelve seconds of silence tacked onto the end of the track.

Note I: Also posted under Rock.
Note II: "Narrator" was deliverered to the studio as a single before the C.D. was released, and is C.D.# 49248.

MySpace: www.myspace.com/somemoremore

[Benjamin A. Vazquez U.E.]

My only real issue with the latest “More More” release is that it’s just too short.
On the whole, I sympathize with the idea that musical groups ought to be large. A half-dozen people can simply create a larger sound than one or two of them. More varied and more rich.
I was first introduced to “More More” when I did a fill-in show here at CHRW, and decided to dedicate the show in its entirety to London musicians. Midway through the show, I received a request for the group. They had a single track in the studio – their single “Narrator”.
I loved it.
And, frankly, I expected that the piece was the work of at least four or five musicians. It had a layered, professional quality to it that smaller groups can rarely churn out. That the piece was, in fact, produced by three men quite astounded me.
From then on, “Narrator” found its way into my shows with moderate regularity. I only had a single track, and I hesitated to play the same track week after week after week, but it just kept slipping back in. I mean, really, this was a good track. Really good.
And so, when a proper “More More” CD arrived in the studio, sitting down with it was an immediate priority.
I’m glad I did. “Narrator” is still the best track on the CD, and the one I’ll play more often. The others, though, are excellent. Almost all of them tread the line between indie and rock, pulling elements from both genres. The release is full of energy, full of life. Full – packed full – of guitars.
Definitely a good time.

- Benjamin A. Vazquez, U.E.