"MUTTONEAD"
CONSTANT VELOCITY
CD Review by Carl Macki
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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
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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.