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CD (JNR12)
Release Date: 09/12/06 Track Listing:
- Me and You and Gummi Bears
- Lost, Lonely and Vicious
- Nobody Does It Better
- Cosmic Eddie, Oceanographer
- Terror on The Hell Loop
- Skeletons
- The Pink Axe
- My Baby Is Black (mp3)
On their third effort, the Joyful Noise debut, Head! Foot! And
The Pink Axe, Stationary Odyssey curator Aaron Tanner teams up with Brett Siler to produce
the bands most aggressive and guitar-driven album to date.
The Evansville, IN based group has a sound that is extremely difficult to
categorize without being overtly bizarre. Godspeed-esque
guitar squeals reign throughout some songs, where at other
times the music borders on electro-noise-pop. The bass
driven songs occasionally sound like trip-hop being played
on live instruments by metal-heads; producing a new and
strangely listenable blend of noise-rock.
Obvious comparisons can be drawn to Mogwai or the Red
Sparrows, though we here at Joyful Noise feel that
Stationary Odyssey take a far more honest approach to their
easy-listening noise-rock; freeing them to experiment
beyond that (former?) trendy genre. Their DIY ethic
ultimately lets fate decide how the music will sound, and
where it will take the listener. This is a band unafraid to
cross into new musical territory; and as diverse as their
sound is, it somehow always ends up being startling and
strangely beautiful.
REVIEWS
"Stationary Odyssey is not of this earth. It's a basket of instrumental genius... Head! Foot! And the Pink Axe is pregnant with melodies you never before thought possible and has plenty of post-rock quirkiness that'll keep you anything but stationary."
— 75 or Less
"A powerful, potent work of art. These folks have become something of an underground legacy when it comes to instrumental post-rock. They're like what Explosions in the Sky used to be, obscure but prolific caterers of epic, emotionally-fueled rock music that does all its talking without resorting to verbal communication."
— Indieville "Broad does not describe Stationary Odyssey. Nor does eclectic. Or bizarre. Or weird. Try fantastic, passionate, and experimental. All mixed into one big bag of honest and truly unique music with lo-fi indie sprinkled in and a mighty dash of noisy pop thrown in for good measure."
— Smother
"Packed with instrumental guitar excursions that seem to be in a constant battle between heart-muscle and cerebellum, between emotional melody and excursionist math rock. Head! Foot! And the Pink Axe is a compelling listen, and frankly it's hard to disguise the daring talent behind this album."
— All Music
"With plenty of build ups, climaxes, and plateaus, they have far more character than lots of the artsy electro-noise-ambient-instrumental stuff out there. Much like their name is a total dichotomy, so is their music. At opposite ends it's futuristic and classic rock-ish. Space aged synth effects swarm over head while dirt rock guitars rustle under your feet."
— Evil Needles
"Stationary Odyssey take you on a rhythmic journey that is anything but static... This ever-changing set of dynamics keeps each track fresh and adds to the feeling that listening to this album is like going on some deep, meaningful soul search."
— Verbicide
"Like the indie instrumental pioneers of yore and contemporary parallel artists (all encompassing Explosions, Godspeed, Red Sparrows), this third record from Stationary Odyssey provides epic battles of instrumentation to soothe your soul or whet your wick depending on the mood."
— Exoduster
"God love Aaron Tanner. He just keeps getting better and better. This is by far the most concise Stationary Odyssey record to date... Brilliant."
— News4U
"Extremely disturbing"
— The Phantom Tollbooth
"Not conventional at all... they manifacture theoretically impossible melodies, where folk music meets electronics, reaching the darker sides of indie music."
— Kronic
"Pounding, fuzzy, unpredictable noise rock."
— Copper Press
"Delightfully interesting."
— Punknews.org
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