November 30,1999 Soundscape

SoulWax

Much Against Everyone’s
Advice

Almo / Universal

This is the kind of music
which Soundgarden, the
Black Crowes, and Pearl
Jam can all get together
and reminisce to.

The Belgian quad’s third
album, these four were
never without influence to
keep them going. At the
age where they were just
getting interested in music,

the four “discovered amaz-
ing things in their attic; the
first Jimi Hendrix singles;
the Beatles. My father was
the first to receive things
from Apple and EMI,”
states Lead vocalist / key-
boardist / percussionist
Stephen Dewaele.

All of Soulwax’s albums
have been recorded in
California, since the group

wanted to work with pro-
ducer Chris Goss: (Masters
of Reality, Kyuss). Chris
Goss worked under his
normal price to give bud-
ding Soulwax a break.

Says the band, “This is

melodic paths, wild and
angry noise, yes indeed:
rock’n’roll.”” Make no mis-

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take though. Soulwax
insists on a sharp sound,
but. is defiantly retro at
heart. They insist on play-
ing like the Black Crowes,
but Sonic Youth could get in

e on, the tracks and be. sight
youthful violence, restless-,_ a
ness of the heart-lead-into ©

Kevin Milos

and chord changes, so my reality is
this weird world of imagination.”

Joe 90’s music fits this weird world
too. Tunes float on a “zen-like chorus
of lyric fragments seemingly plucked
out of the ether.” A smooth rhythm
carries fitting vocals and meaningful
lyrics which give the listener a kalei-
doscope peek through the window of
their world.

Joe 90 has made a previous
fappearance on the Billboard Rock
and Modern Rock Charts while their

os =
Dream This

E Pluribus Unum / Universal

ing at #15 in 1994 with their debut
track “Everybody’s ye on
Qwest/Warner Bros. The self pro-
‘duced disc sold over 100;000 copies.

In 1996 God's Child relocated to
Southern California. It was here that

With one of the strangest CD cov-

band was still called God’s Child, list-

of the band. It was here that Seefried
ran into and teamed up with drum-
mer/co-songwriter/co-producer
Adam _ Hamilton. Hamilton and
Siefred recorded a 1997 Christmas
single “Sleeping Pill” and credited it
to “Joe 90”

Anyone who is a fan of the late-60’s
marionette cult series “The
Thunderbirds” or earlier “The
Adventures of Joe 90,” will recognize
the name Joe 90 to be one of the
characters from this series.

Anyway, Sleeping Pill turned out to
be a great success and generated a
lot of interest. It was then that God’s
Child decided to rename itself Joe 90
instead. “As soon as Adam Hamilton
joined the band, the whole experi-
ence became much more collabora-

local live gigs, attracting repeat cus-
tomer Adam Duritz (Counting Crows
Leader). Duritz and all of the mem-
bers of Joe 90 got along great and
Duritz offered Joe 90 a deal with his
own label “E Pluribus Unum.”
Seefried sang on “I Wish | Was a
Girl,” on This Desert Life (Counting
Crows/1999) and returned the favor
by singing on Dream This track’s
“Drive” and “Ferris Wheel.”

Recorded in California’s legendary
house/recording studio Park Hill
(Donovan, Buddy Holly), and mixed
by Tony Visconti (David Bowie, Paul
McCartney), this CD mixes sunny
melodies, sober lyrics, classic song-
writing, and “colorful modern sonics.”

-Kevin Milos:-~

ers out there Joe 90 fits its image.
Lead singer/guitarist Chris Seefried
admits that he “is an escapist at

their career really took off. After
“Need” made a splash on “Melrose

tive...so the name change”. made
sense,’ admits Seefried. ’

Place,” the southern California cul-
ture had a real impact on the sound

heart...I live my life through crayons

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During this extremely creative time
for Joe 90, they began playing a lot of

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