Producer: Not Credited, Engineer: Not Credited, Tracks: Jupiter; Earth; Wasp; Weeds; Lightning Bug; Flies; Vine; Locust; Mercury; Mars; Venus; Trees
August Sons have kind of a lo-fi grunge (no, not Seattle "Grunge", silly) sound mixed with elements of Mercury Rev or Flaming Lips. There are healthy doses of distortion and effects running around this CD. Their "authorized" biography is: "Three guys from Mississippi form a band that in the beginning was a generic rock band until the ethnic instruments they were surrounded by became a part of their sound. Through time all three became adept enough at electronics to modify existing instruments to use in their songs. They also learned how to experiment with word orders."
Rating : ***