"Laundry are a band of the new millenium. Laundry are proberbly best know as Tim 'Herb' Alexanders 'side project', releasing 'Blacktongue' in 1994. Since then Alexander has made it his main project and is also the lead singer in the current Laundry line up. However lets not overlook the other members of this unique trio. Ian Varriale is a facinating stick and Warr Guitar player who manages to make his stick and warr lines creep under the screaming and scathing guitar lines of Tom Butler. It should be made clear that Laundry are not another quirky Primus type band, but are more akin to friends and associates band Tool or A Perfect Circle (who Alexander drummed for live). Alexander's drumming is as always very cool regardless of how many kicks he uses. Over all this is a great band and a record well worth having a copy of."
Prog-rock heros
dubmonster | 09/30/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Finally a band with some original music. This is one fabulous piece of work! Guitars on this are so erie and dark they made my speakers scared. The drum work is nothing less than spectacular because of former Primus skinsman Tim Alexander. The stick player puts out bass lines that would make ol' Les green with envy. Oh and their song writing makes other artists look like bubble gum rock. This CD puts "art" back into music."
This is a mediocre CD
dubmonster | 09/24/1999
(3 out of 5 stars)
"While Tim "herb" Alexander (formerly of Primus) is the drummer on this album and I love his playing in Primus, I was disappointed that he opted to not use the double bass here. Musically, the CD was pretty good. It was like a cross between Helmet and Alice in Chains, but I didn't really care for the singing, which was also by Tim Alexander. All of the songs and singing began to sound alike by the end of the album. However, overall the Cd had its high points, along with some great drumming and guitar riffs."
Awesome, but more straaight-ahead
dubmonster | 07/03/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This is a great album, worth listening to multiple times. The instrumentation isn't as quirky as on Blacktongue, but it is still atmospheric and original. Herb's drumming is, as ever, powerful, odd, and groovy, although his snare either wasn't recorded very well or he was trying to be very, very loose with the ghost notes. And for those who miss his double-bass work (and think that he didn't use it on this album), it's there. There's plenty of double-bass work on this album, it's just not all over the place like it is in him Primus work or on Blacktongue. And for those missing the 2 kick drums, well, he hasn't used them since Primus' Tales From the Punchbowl.
The guitar work is eerie and ethereal, yet melodic and rhythmic. The same goes for the Warr Guitar/Chapman stick. Great interation between the stringed instruments without getting cluttered. The parts fit together nicely creating a nice, lush overall sound without taking up too much space.The vocals are decent, although it does sound as if Herb was digging Layne Staley a bit much. Still, not bad. You can tell the drumming was tailored to the vocal parts (which is logical... he had to sing and play both parts live). Not a bad effort, although the vocal parts are definitely not meant to be catchy.Overall, great album. Worth having, worth multiple playings."