"MUTTONEAD"
CONSTANT VELOCITY
CD Review by Carl Macki
Personnel
Alex Smith -- Vocals, Guitar
Chris Weber --Guitars
Jay Veyney -- Drums
Track List
From the McLean Co. Lockup
2After 4
Kelly
Disorder
Truculent
Time
Lucky Double Nines
In Memoriam
As
a former resident of Illinois, the city of Bloomington has held
affection forme. I used to visit down there because our family
knew a professor in a university at the city next door -- Normal,
and it was a place that had hills. And it was the first place that I
saw skaeboarders. Chicago may have some of the biggest skyscrapers in
the world, but it;s highest hill is about 700 feet high. So back to
this band's city. What other place can claim Beer Nuts, Shakespeare and
Passion Plays as some of their chief cultural attractions?
It
is also the home of Constant Velocity a band that can be fast,
like the Minutemen They can play slow in a deranged way
like the Violent Femmes; and get melodic like the Decemberists..
But
really they can be themselves. This is about them: the Muttonheads.
Mostly an indie rock interpretation of punk rock that is held together
by strong vocals and insistent distortion. Constant Velocity means
speed and directionthat are not affected by time. Is this true about the
band? Are they constantyly evolving like, say, Camper Van. I think they are
creating a new sound, and they don't care about keeping the arrows
straight. Not that isn't constancy in their sound. It is that
recognizable.