1.23.2006

MUSIC - The Crimea, "Tragedy Rocks"

Tragedy Rocks. It does. Slowly, finessing each note and milking each masterful chord, The Crimea rocks inexorably forward. Davey MacManus whispers with a wounded crack and growls in a high baritone tinged with feeling. The Crimea rocks passionately onward. Andrew Stafford doesn’t so much play the keyboard as massage it, squeezing the tension through each note in that light and ephemeral key. The Crimea absolutely rocks. Andy Norton and Joseph Udwin collide off each other on guitar and bass, playing complex and dissonant chords with acrobatic and dexterous ease. The Crimea completely rocks. And finally, beneath an already impressive tour-de-force of sound, Owen Hopkin just lays down an intricate web of beats, subdued yet commanding. The Crimea, once again, totally rocks.

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