![](images/spacer_FFFFFF.jpg) The Season Standard
![](images/spacer_FFFFFF.jpg) Squeeze Me Ahead of Line
![](images/spacer_FFFFFF.jpg) Review by Gary Hill
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Part of me loves this album. All of me does on paper. This German group combines RIO with funk, ambient music and other elements into a soundscape that is quite unique. You have to give them a lot of credit for doing something incredible. But I’m not a huge fan of RIO so they often jarring music here is a bit too for me to take at times. The falsetto vocals are a bit weird, too, but you get used to those after a while. There are sections of this album I like a lot and I will bet that people who are more enamored with RIO will love this disc. For me, I don’t think I’ll be spinning it a lot, but I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes adventurous music with a spirit of experimentation. This will quite probably fill the bill nicely.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2009 Volume 2 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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