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Local CD review: Freshmillions ‘Freshmillions’
A cursory spin of the debut album from trio Freshmillions might leave you tempted to classify it as simple electrofunk in the vein of Justice or Daft Punk and move on — it has the ethereal electronic grooves, the processed Cylon-recalling vocals and synthesizers crashing like rain. And then there are the samples, a series of slice-and-dice moments encompassing everything from a gangbusters lift of the theme from NES classic “Castlevania” on “The Million Dollar Bill, Part 1” to a snippet torn from the Spinners’ “The Rubberband Man” on “Spunout.”
But across an economical nine tracks, “Freshmillions” also makes time to rock. Maybe that’s the influence of producer Bryan Richie, of Austin metal maestros the Sword, but “Freshmillions” is loaded with towering electric guitars on the propulsive “Monty” and “Spunout,” dashes of ’70s funk organs and some of the most bone-rattling drumming on any local record this year.
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By Dillonius Funk
August 20, 2010 4:45 PM | Link to this
Yeah Freshmillions! I went to their last show at the Parish with some friends and we had a BLAST! I can’t remember the last time I danced like that and can’t wait until their next show!