Pink Floyd made it into musical halls of
fame and record collections everywhere with a brand of
perception-bending rock that was totally unique for its
time. Floyd combined blues, jazz and rock into a new sound
that would define a generation. California’s dredg
is today’s Pink Floyd.
Blending influences as diverse as emo and surf rock, dredg
has created a sound that is uniquely their own. On their
third album, Catch Without Arms, the quartet continues
to perfect their attack. Where dredg’s other two
releases, 1999’s Leitmotif and 2002’s El Cielo
were very meandering, Catch runs a definite course and
comes together as a complete album.
Terry Date (Deftones) did a great job producing with each
song working as a standalone track and an element of the
record as a whole. He brought the emotion and power out
of Gavin Hayes’ voice and laid it on a lush canopy
of warm guitars and smooth grooves. The result is an album
that goes down real easy and leaves a pleasing aftertaste.
Songs range from the urging “Bug Eyes” and “Tanbark” to
the spacey “Not That Simple” and the sorrow-filled “Sang
Real”.
The commercial success that Pink Floyd found might not
be in the cards for dredg but the modern band is certainly
prepared for it. With open choruses and pop sensibilities,
dredg’s music has already built a huge underground
following that can only grow as the band puts out more
releases like this.
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