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Album: “Rings” by Absinthe Blind – Amazon

Rings - Mud Records - 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Alright then, this just rocks, March 29, 2003

By	Freidrich Hamell (Washington) – See all my reviews

I can’t believe I’m the first person to review this… This album is absolutely fantastic. There is not a single bad track. From the wandering ambience/movie soundrtack, summer sound of “The Break” to the bleak winter wasteland of “Bands 2”, and every single fantasically produced (props to Matt Talbot and Keith Cleversey here), harmony-laden, great guitar solo-ed tracks (“Inside My Mirror”, the electronica-to-rock of “Walls Covered in Hope”, “Do You Know What You Mean To Me”, and the Trail-Of-Dead-meets-Sigur-Ros stickiness of “She Saves”)-this album is without flaw. Adam Fein and Erin Fein’s voices go together like peanut butter and jelly, and Tristan Wraight is simply amazing at times on lead guitar. Seth Fein is a solid drummer, and just listen to Mike Zolfo’s bass on “She Saves”. Well, the only problem is the vocals on “The Dreamer’s Song” ( a great Beatles-esque song), but that’s just nitpicking. Buy this album wherever you can, and you’ll see what I mean. If you like Interpol, Wilco, Radiohead, Ted Leo, Hum, Murmur, or even early U2, R.E.M, and the Beatles, then you simply have to buy this. You’ll be supporting a little-known band who’re better than 99% of the music out there (that I’ve heard), and getting great stuff to boot. Get on it.