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Do Yourself A Favor

rboileau | Holland, Michigan | 05/02/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you by this CD you'll be sad. You'll be sad that you weren't at the State Theater in Kalamazoo, Michigan last October when Domestic Problems recorded these tracks. I heard a snippet of one song off this disc on the radio and it intrigued me enough to buy. Without doubt, it's one of the best music buys I've made over the past two years.The band weaves through an incredible array of sounds, from Celtic rhythms to jazzy beats, from ska to good old-fashioned rock-n-roll, with supreme confidence and the highest energy level this side of the Bare Naked Ladies. It's the energy level on the first track, "I Think It's Funny", that rivets your attention, and from then on you're hooked as the music does a powerful cascade through track after track. By the time you reach "El Matador" and it's cheesy romp through one-hit wonders, you're having so much fun that you're grinning out loud. The poignant "Ernie's Tragic Love Triangle" then sets up a soulful ending for the disc that leaves you wondering how a band this good, and this diverse can stay for much longer out of the popular music mainstream. Buy this disk today and you'll listen to it until you wear it out."

Excellent

adrian269 | hiding in TC | 01/11/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Many of us writing these reviews have had personal contact with this band. That may be primarily because they are the best non-major lable band of the past decade. It is also because they are some of the finest gentlemen I have ever had the pleasure to work with. I was a sound tech with a michigan sound company, and when I had the opportunities to work with DP, I knew that it was going to be a wonderful night. The music, their fans, and their attitudes are most excellent....HI ...!!"