X Bolex, The / This Time Next Year You'll Be Oxidizing Stone
Album: This Time Next Year You'll Be Oxidizing Stone   Collection:General
Artist:X Bolex, The   Added:Oct 2007
Label:Tower Control  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-03-23 Pull Date: 2008-05-25
Week Ending: Mar 30
Airplays: 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 27, 2008: Deep Fried & Sanctified
Salt Dome

Album Review
Rikyu
Reviewed 2008-03-23
The good parts of this album take advantage of extensive use of xylophone, banjo, organ, some brass and sighing lyrics which gives flavors like somewhat like 'Mice Parade,' A.k.a. Adam Pierce.
However, the bad parts of this album consists of unimaginative rock licks and seriously irritating lyrics and vocals (lead vox can't sing, but indy fans might like his pre-pubescent wailing). No FCC's detected

1 (3:02) A fairly fast track with organ and prominent xylophone.

2 (2:44) A very jazzy sound in the rhythm section.
Again, irritating vocals prevail.

3 (2:54) Rough, rock guitar in an instrumental track with a noise/distortion breakdown. Last 0:45 are distant and quiet.

4 (2:16) A slow piano track with duet vocals. 40 seconds of dead air right in the middle of the track.

5 (4:22) The track intro has a blasting Nintendo rock feel. In comes the sax, blaring all over the track, which leaves just as abruptly. The last minute is very quiet and slow.

6 (5:36) This track has a lot of textures with brass, soft staccato guitar work, and a bouncy tambourine part. As a plus, the vocals are not quite so irritating on this track.

7 (3:01) Soft acoustic with more irritating vocals.

8 (1:10) A banjo really fills this acoustic track out.

9 (4:13) A very slow track until some ultra-frenetic brass comes in for the last 1:30

10) (4:46) The vocals don't completely suck on this pop-rock track with interesting percussion choices. 13 seconds of dead-air at the end.

Track Listing
1. Mastodon   6. Silver Mountain
2. Ice Or Sand   7. Church
3. Gravity Merchants   8. Salt Dome
4. Even Lines Leave Gaps   9. Seasons Song
5. Mastoid Process   10. When People Die At The Circus