The Blood Brothers
"March On, Electric Children"
(Three One G)

Fans of the Blood Brothers will find a new sound on "March on Electric Children". On the band's last effort entitled "This Adultery is Ripe", they used their music and voices to create a giant cloud of sound that builds and doesn't come down until the last second of the record. On "March On", the band has gained an unbelievable amount of musicality and musical sense. Not that their previous efforts were not musical, but they didn't emphasize the music as much as on their new album. The voices of brutal, whaling screeches traded off between singers still remain as they always have and the searing augmented chords still explode out of the speakers. However, the record is so interesting musically, that even those listeners who "don't like screaming" will find a place for this album in their hearts.

Track 6 ,"Siamese Gun", is a good example of where the Blood Brothers have been and where they're going. This song features all of those great attributes of their earlier work but adds stronger songwriting, better phrasing and well thought-out transitions. Since "This Adultery..." The Blood Brothers have decided to use more a more mathy style to accompany their brutal sound, and I think this makes for a great and really interesting mix.

A distinctive difference in the Blood Brothers' writing is that their music has become even more unpredictable than before. Most bands write in a way that you can always kind of tell what is going to happen next, and this has never been a characteristic of the B.B.'s music. Fans of the Blood Brothers and any kind of brutal rock will ADORE this album. But once again, the best thing about the record is that fans of any kind of indie rock will really respect this. By the way, track 9 is a classic. BUY THIS.

-Mike