Kid, You’ll Move Mountains
By user • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: Band Bios
What an odd Dr. Seuss line for this whimsical quintet to steal for its name. It’s not that the outfit couldn’t use its brand of catchy pop to move the proverbial mountain. What’s odd is that the band’s road-tested chops and lemons-into-lemonade demeanor appears better served for taking the long way there — perhaps around or over the mountain — instead of barreling through or moving said mountain by sheer force alone. If the alternating vocals of Nina Jones and Jim Hanke were aggressive shouts, then uprooting nature might make sense. But they aren’t. Instead, they’re beautifully crafted call-and-response bits of songwriting that blend into joint harmonies. The guitars are distant and effects-laden, not the testosterone-fueled riffs you’d expect from a band threatening to restructure the Earth. And though the rhythm section is powerfully energetic, it’s never threatening. No, these kids aren’t meant to move mountains. They’re meant to make the trip around them memorable.
Chicago Innerview Magazine, July 2008
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