"Ambulance for Angeles is on the brink of something special with the release of their EP Viper Creek Club. An EP full of ambient instrumentation and a very much indie vibe, there is some definite potential here...
Let’s start with the glaring positives. Ambulance for Angeles have a unique and infectious sound. I love the use of ambiance and piano in the songs. There is a dreamlike quality to the songs and most of the songs are very memorable...
Ambulance for Angeles is a band that has massive potential...They’re a band you want to keep tabs on."
-Sean Duregger (IndieUprising.net)
Ambulance for Angeles - Viper Creek Club
Engineered by Andy Meyer
Mastered by Troy Glessner at Spectre Mastering
In-studio support by Thomas Price
"Listening to Ambulance for Angeles’ Viper Creek Club EP is like passing through the various emotions of a complicated break up...The album moves easily from bittersweet indie pop to angsty rock and back again, walking the troubled line between heartbreaker and heartbroken.
...Having weathered the raw emotion of Viper Creek Club, listeners are treated to the light beats and tinkling bells of the album’s b-side “Claire and the Spies” - the calm after Ambulance for Angeles’ beautiful storm. (Self-released)"
-Lulu McAllister (Performer Magazine)
Sometimes you feel like dying. And sometimes you say you feel like dying but you really just feel like locking yourself in your room, lying on your bed and staring at the ceiling while chain smoking. The latter is the best time to listen to Ambulance for Angeles’ new EP, Viper Creek Club. The sound isn’t dark, but it broods with singer Mathew Wisner’s verge-of-tears rawness and sparse instrumentation. The album isn’t all brooding, though, and it would be unfair to write off Viper as entirely whiny or monotonous in mood. “The Aquarium” is hope-tinged and subtle with a foot-tapping beat and fret-climbing guitar hook, while fuzzy distortion and double-time snare hits in “Xmas Wasps” exude restrained rage.
Standout Tracks: “The Aquarium,” “My Embroidered Tusks.”
-Reviewed By: Rob E Miller (Seattle Sound Magazine)
Ambulance for Angeles
Viper Creek Club
Reviewed 11.12.07
"Organized chaos. That is essentially what makes up the foundations the latest effort from Ambulance For Angeles, entitled "Viper Creek Club". This piano driven indie-rock band delivered something I certainly didn't expect with this EP, but after a few listens I found myself enjoying it more and more. The elements making up the music are virtually the same as most other prominent indie bands, but are arranged in a much different manner. It seems that most bands described as "piano driven" tend to be generic rock bands that happen to incorporate pianos. In this case, though, the songs on Viper Creek Club, with the exception of "Sweaters for Spring", really are carried almost solely by the piano/keyboard tracks. The melodic, yet chaotic tracks seem to blend together into one cohesive unit. The only thing it leaves the listener wanting is more.
However, musical construction aside, the most prominently impressive aspect of Viper Creek Club is the pure passion with which each song is created. From start to finish it delivers a solid twenty three or so minutes of passionate (both musically and lyrically) rock, drawing the listener into their own little world where they are left to explore the emotions and driving forces behind the music...The vocals on songs like "Sweaters for Spring" and "My Embroidered Tusks" contain a certain wavery quality, almost reminiscent of (dare I say) early Conor Oberst."
Songs to keep an ear on: "Sweaters for Spring" & "When We Were Showgirls"
-Reviewed By: Brian Anderson (northwestbands.com)
i'm atlantic reviews + Morose, piano driven rock, Ambulance for Angeles has more in common with Elliot than Something Corporate.
+ The Viking and Drugs and Drama are strong enough songs to get this band signed to the biggest labels in the known world.
- Clocking in at just five songs, Im Atlantic is a little short and leaves the listener salivating for more.
-Redefine Magazine
"Ambulance for Angeles- people who take the word emotion to a level we couldn't possibly imagine"
-The Inlander
"Ambulance for Angeles write songs that sound just like those emotional moments when you're driving away from a girl's house and you know you're going to break up with her, but you don't know how, or when, you just know that it's going to happen ... It's soft vocals that tremble a little, held up with sparse bass lines and electric guitar picking, with an undercurrent of ebbing drums that keep it moving, keep it rising. It's easy to tell that this is about her, about the one that's getting left, and it hurts to hear, but sometimes songs like these can get you home"
- The Portland Mercury
"Their sound is primarily piano based with an eerie intensity and sweet intention, definitely worth checking out! Oh, and Ambulance for Angeles holds the prestigious honor of generating the most phone calls after their show aired. We got calls for WEEKS about these guys!"
- Stella Mar (DJ at 103.1 KCDA)
"one of the most powerful performances of my life... a band that has changed music for me a little bit"
- MSNBC.com (in response to live show in seattle)
Featured Unsigned Band on Independentsonly.com
- 3/21/2006
With their very own brand of melodious rock, Ambulance For Angeles has bought a ticket for success. Through each track on "I'm Atlantic", you get a sense of the next beat being the one where all dams break and a flood of chaos will spread like wildfire but AFA keeps their cool and floats along into another heartfelt chord stringing along heavy piano and strong emotion. Contained within are beautifully written lyrics complimented by the orchestration of each song and execution by a band with its head in hand. We're recommending you take this disc and call us in the morning.
-IndependentsOnly.com
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