James Brown Car Alarm - The Roots:
----- Number 25 album of the year from Wildy's World! -----
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REVIEWS:
James Brown Car Alarm - The Roots
2008, James Brown Car Alarm
"If you are a fan of blues-inflected guitar rock, you may have just found nirvana. And if you're a fan of reggae flavored rock with your blues, then you're home. James Brown Car Alarm come at you out of Muncie, IN with The Roots; an album full of rock, blues, reggae and jam elements. The party starts now.
Flow Together is one of my favorites, perhaps the most straightforward rocker on The Roots. Say All You Want and The Roots are tasty little numbers that won't let you go once you've heard them. I could easily hear Robert Plant stepping in on Say All You Want back in his Led Zeppelin hey day. Kaleidoscope and Goodnight, Miss Mitchell are also not to be missed.
The guitar work is outstanding, and the rhythm section is as tight as they come. The real pleasure here is the vocals of Juice Bronnenberg, who brings a Margo Timmons-like reserve (Cowboy Junkies) to some wonderful blues/rock songs. James Brown Car Alarm is too talented to stay small. Check them out before they get too popular to be hip."
"Rating: 4.5 Stars (Out of 5)"
- Wildy Haskell, Wildy's World
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"... James Brown Car Alarm is able to do a variety of things throughout the course of "The Roots", often by doing it subtly and making it sound easier than it really is. They are able to work in elements of blues, funk, reggae, jam rock and more without being obvious or radically altering the tone of an album that's solid and satisfying from beginning to end."
- Ben Kreider, All Access
The Muncie Star Press
The band currently lives together, but contrary to popular belief, does not sleep together.
The James Brown Car Alarm can be recognized and are formerly known as the following (most recent first):
vanishbox (2003-2006)- the suburbanites (2001-2003)
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