Believe it Mammals

Believe it Mammals Artist: Bats & Mice
Label: Lovitt
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 711574462728
EAN: 0711574462728
ASIN: B000063S58


Release Date: 2002-04-01

Believe it Mammals


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Tracks:

  1. A Safe Bet
  2. Undress Princess
  3. I'm not Surprised
  4. Sliding Scale
  5. Worst Comes to Worst
  6. Hallway
  7. A Polished Facade
  8. Enough For You
  9. Motel
  10. Where's Ann Arbor
  11. Easy
  12. In Spite Of

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Album Description

Believe It Mammals, the debut full-length by Bats & Mice, is an ambitious work that eagerly explores a multiplicity of dynamics, moods, rhythms, and timbres. For those who like to keep score, Bats & Mice contains members of Four Hundred Years, Sleepytime Trio, Maximillian Colby, Milemarker, Rah Bras, Men's Recovery Project, and a whole cavalcade of outfits you read about in Punk Planet a few years ago. But this quartet out of Richmond, Virginia, forgets the brash, vitriolic excursions of their earlier projects and instead zeroes in on instrumental interplay and unforgettable hooks. <P>Because three members of Bats & Mice share lead and backing vocals, Believe It Mammals amply features a wide spectrum of deliveries and harmonies. From lazy and languid to towering and animated, Bats & Mice's interlaced voices appeal for repeated listens. But the album is no collection of Gregorian chants. The crisp, regimented percussion and determined guitar work provide the ideal complement to the haunting warmth of the vocalists. <P>Bats & Mice intends to dash the expectations of listeners who anticipate "ex-members of Band X" to fit the mold of Band X, version 2.0. Believe It Mammals is an avenue of expression intent on capturing moments both intriguing and resounding. Lush vocals and intricate instrumentation work in concert to create captivating musicianship that far and away escapes simply being called "pretty and loud."

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Awesome.......2003-03-11

This is one of the most amazing albums I have heard. I misplaced it for a few months and missed it quite a bit. When I recently rediscovered it, it seemed even better than before! I have seen the band live and they are fantastic! This is a great album for people who think hard core punk is a little too hard and radio music makes you want to punch the radio.

4 out of 5 stars A departure........2002-08-28

The music that Bats & Mice play is a bit of a departure from the members former outfits. The songs do not rock out in the sense that you'll be jumping around, filled with energy that a heavy metal fan would get (if they were like me), but they do rock. However, when I first started to listen to this, I had a hard time telling which tracks were which. After a while I got it, but it's still kind of hard. The songs are good (my personal favorite is Sliding Scale), but they have a very very very very watered down case of "If you've heard one, you've heard them all" syndrome.

5 out of 5 stars

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