311 - Evolver CDs • Vinyl Records • LPs • Music Albums

"Reconsider Everything" are disappointing and anti-climatic. Nick Hexum is not the most interesting singer or lyricist out there, but he does write a catchy tune and at the core 311 are a brilliant musical band. On some of Evolver, 311 stretch beyond their metal-reggae-sing-rap formula, making this release a proper stepping-stone with original numbers such as "Beyond the Gray Sky" and "Sometimes Jacks Rule the Realm." Even with Hexum stretched to the limits of his vocal talents, these songs finally live up to the art of evolution and they could lay the groundwork for 311 to, at last, come original.

DAVID JOHN FARINELLA
(July 21, 2003)