Surprisingly good . . .
Edwin W. Skinner | Rocky Mount, NC United States | 05/14/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"If this is "stoner rock," then let the stoning begin.Just saw these guys do essentially the same show represented on this disc last weekend in Chapel Hill, NC, as they opened for Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks. Prior, I had never heard of "Dead Meadow." Wow. What a show. Great guitar and Neil Young-ish vocals . . . dirge-like space-blues and excellent band interplay. And I found all of this on the live disc, too.Most surprising was the beauty in much of the music. Has a strong emotional pull; similar in a way to " . . .Trail of the Dead" - not so much sonically, but in the strong emotional passages interspersed with the sledgehammerish attack.I haven't heard any of their other albums (but I plan to remedy that). This one, however, I highly recommend. And, if you get a chance to see Dead Meadow live, do it."
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uberfun | 06/21/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"...These guys are the real thing, and this obscure album is their masterpiece. (Why no photo of the cover, Amazon??) If Jimi Hendrix were still around, he's be trading licks with these guys and buying them beers afterwards. Can you say PYCHEDELIC???How this dweeby trio from D.C. became the inheritors to the 60s acid rock tradition is a mystery best left to Madame Blavatsky or the Amazing Kreskin. But they rule the universe of stoner rock the way Neo rules the Matrix.Get this album!!!!!!"