Rocket Number Nine Zoom Zoom Up - Rocket Number Nine Zoom Zoom Up LP

Track: Maglev

Extract from IODA:
ocket Number Nine Zoom Zoom Up, while certainly not the first group to approach jazz in their unique way, hope to strip it of its weighty harmonic baggage and rhythmic clichés in the way that the Ramones did for rock. They seek to reinsert melody into the fore as Shostakovitch reluctantly did under a tyrannical Stalinist regime, and revisit the means of producing sounds and recordings a la Brian Eno. On their self-titled debut, Rocket Number Nine Zoom Zoom Up, the group spent a great deal of time developing material that main songwriter Monty Craig brought into rehearsals. With with the help of Chicago producer John McEntire (Tortoise, Stereolab, The Sea and Cake, Chicago Underground) fleshing out the production, the record stands as a progressive, funk-tinged, experimental-leaning journey set atop mountains of melody and billowing rhythms.

Personal opinion:
Enjoyable and interesting track with a jazz/alternative mood. You can check out the band's Myspace page HERE.

Rocket Number Nine Zoom Zoom Up
"Maglev" (mp3)
from "Rocket Number Nine Zoom Zoom Up LP"
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