A rhombus is a four-sided parallelogram with equal sides. Like a diamond. Darth Vader once told me when I was a young lion cub, "If you build it, they will come." Well I worked my ass off, built it, and they came. I thought life was good. I thought I had it all. Then I heard this band and realized it was all bullshit. Up was now down, fact was now fiction. I'll have to begin anew. Over the past few years, the Chicago music scene has been a rock that's starting to moss on one side from a lack of movement. A stale wind. Then, one night, I happened to catch this band at the Abbey. It was like a skyscraper suddenly appeared on the Chicago Skyline, overnight. A unique blend of metal, funk, beer and reggae, Rhombus begs your ear to listen to what might come next. Like Howard Stern or Joe Biden. All members of the band are clearly musician's musicians but they still manage to reel in the fish with hooks that would have my dead grandmother singing in the shower. They're complicated catchy. Sophisticated pop. A $500 pair of pants with a tuxedo t-shirt. Although Arkadoomia does not quite capture their live appeal, it is an impressive effort from an unsigned band. This album hits you in the face like your drunken father. It's that good. For a minute there, I thought I was starting to grow some moss myself.....but I think, just maybe, I found a Rhombus in the rough. See their shows. Buy this album. ~Josh, from TheCrudeReview 12/2/08 User-contributed text is availa