S.T.U.N.
Evolution Of Energy (clean Version)
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Los Angeles art punkers have big ideas, and a mighty sound to back them up s.t.u.n. want to change the world: On their debut, the Los Angeles art-core rockers preach revolution, nonconformity and, most important, the evils of keyboards ("No keyboards or synthesizers were used in the recording of this record," their liner notes state). It's not always easy making out what they're saying on Evolution of Energy, what with all the abrupt tempo shifts, genre hops and ray-gun guitar squeals punctuating every song. Keeping the chaos together (barely) is frontman Christiane J., who manages to put some real bombast into the band's punk-rock polemics. On the tribal "Boredom," he's a gruffer Perry
Read More Farrell; for the Wire cover "Reuters," he's . . . well, channeling Bon Scott for some reason. Trust him, it works. Evolution of Energy may not start the revolution, but it does create a healthy sense of disorder. KIRK MILLER
(RS 928, August 7, 2003)
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