CD Review - Anton Mink

“This is a flat out, put down rave up!”
–Michael Canter, Jivewired.com



Release Date: 15 April 2007

Genre: Alternative / Indie / Rock

Publisher: (C) 2007 Anton Mink

Label: No Label Affiliation

Time: 47m 07s

Review Date:22-September-2009

Format: CD

JivePK™: Not currently a Jivewired member.


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Track Listing:

01. Everything 4:06
02. Monster Trucks 3:20
03. Daddy Long Legs 5:09
04. Yabba 2:21
05. Armies 2:46
06. Truck Stop 4:20
07. Unhappy 3:26
08. Blood Clots 3:49
09. Walls 3:05
10. B List 2:37
11. Bleach White Light 3:56
12. Dead Presidents 8:12

Review:

Anton Mink is a band from Louisville, Kentucky. Two very different people met through an ad in a local alternative magazine, then they met two other very different people through an ad posted at a local music store. In October 2006, the band recorded its debut album in Glasgow, Kentucky. The full length album was released on the band's own label in April 2007. This release cranks out some seriously consistent, and consistently fun garage rock.

A mash-up of inspired beats, new-wave rhythm and garage rock guitars, the self-titled CD is a tight, cohesive output that's as intriguing as it is good, but it's also a lot of fun. The first two songs on the disc define the term "sure-fire". Everything, the first song, comes at you from all directions, full of snarling low-slung riffs right in the middle that explode like a nuclear warhead on the choruses. Monster Trucks follows and uses a similar formula and really sets the tone of the CD.

However, on the third track, Anton Mink takes a directional one-eighty with the ethereal Daddy Long Legs, which is a great change of pace and, along with Armies and Unhappy is one of the highlights of this release. Chloa's vocals on this track are heartrendingly amazing. Another favorite, Truck Stop can best be described as Liz Phair meets Lucinda Williams, and Unhappy, well that's my favorite song on the CD; simply put it grabs you by the balls from the opening chords and squeezes until you are nearly breathless.

If you are looking for a flat-out, put-down rave-up, then Anton Mink is a disc that is a must have for your CD collection. The instrumentation is super tight, the production is remarkable without the studio super-hype of over-driven and monotonously woven melodies so prevalent in music today, and the bad-ass vocals deliver angst, longing, despair, guilt, and a little raw hatred. Memorize the songs... they will quickly grow on you, and infect you, and take you over.

--Michael Canter Jivewired.com


About Anton Mink:



Anton Mink is a band from Louisville, Kentucky. Two very different people met through ad in a local alternative magazine, then they met a two other very different people through an ad posted at a local music store. In October 2006, the band recorded its debut album in Glasgow, Kentucky. The full length album was released on the band's own label in April 2007.