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Recorded: September 2007, Fish and Bell Studios, Thurston, Suffolk Review - Matt Clutton, Musiczine #11: A grinding rock fusion, a variety of musical styles and genres make an appearance with everything from the standard instrumentation and composition of traditional rock to the improvisation, swinging rhythm and soul of blues and jazz. Opener One Hand kicks off with an acid jazz flavour, de-emphasizing melody and harmony, a strong rhythmic groove is established with a deep bass line from Ben Beach and drums from Duncan Casey. A rapid sequence of chord changes, an obligatory interlocking set laid down Lee Pretlove on what appears to be a Hammond organ or similar completes a perfect track and perhaps the best on the EP in would be argued. Vocals from Lewis Andrews remain swooping, pert and honeyed throughout, appearing particularly harmonic alongside Casey on tracks like Perspective and Call Me In The Morning. Although lyrically complex and muddled in places the opposite is true in most cases, particularly evident on title track Dependable Sociology which is riddled with catchy hooks. In retrospect The Sand Dollars style of music lays somewhere between Jamiroquai and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers and deserves a wider audience than it is currently receiving. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
