Miami Ice Machine
"S + Cuba: The Anthology" CD
Supercompuglobal
Genre: dance-punk, indie rock
Sep 3 2008 |
Miami Ice Machine play their own brand of danceable and
wacky dance-punk, fitting in somewhere between early Dismemberment
Plan and Pavement. Despite being limited to three members,
they exude a whole lot of energy, cramming their songs full of
enthusiasm and general tomfoolery. Take exemplary "We Don't Take
Platinum Master Card," on
which an unerringly danceworthy rhythm is combined with an
infectious guitar part and ultra-expressive, Malkmus-esque
vocals. The result is not unlike a song off The Dismemberment Plan
Is Terrified, if a little less polished and smackingly melodic.
Some songs drag down the pack: "So Goddamn Humid" is deflated and
unmemorable, and, despite a funny ending
bit, bland closer "Mist of the Jungle" really doesn't add much to S
+ Cuba. The best songs feature vocalist "The Ice Machine"
at his most flamboyant, with the guitars and drums typically following
suit. JSBX influenced "Cake Shaped Like a Payphone," for
example rocks hard and sticks to the mind like glue, while exuberantly
infectious "Disco One" boasts some great falsetto vocals and a
brilliant chorus. Since all but one of these songs is less than three
minutes, and more than half are less than two minutes, S + Cuba
breezes by pretty quickly, but it makes its mark. Almost impatiently
urgent, Miami Ice Machine have created an undeniably fun album
that's hard not to like - at under twenty-five
minutes, it doesn't let up and it doesn't really need to. Recommended
for indie rock enthusiasts who like a little fun in their diet.
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[Vitals: 13 tracks, distributed by
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label,
released 2007] |