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Red Knife Lottery So Much Drama


So Much Drama
1. Samantha Brown Get Down! Get Down! 2. Red Knives And Plastic Wives 3. The Magnificent Ghost 4. Call-Girls In Pink Hospitals 5. So Much Drama 6. Love To The Sound Emergency
2005 Uprising Records
Our score 7

by Cory
8/8/2005

Imagine a band that sounded roughly like an amalgamation of At The Drive In, Blood Brothers and the Sounds. Now imagine that you aren't cringing at that description and give me two paragraphs to explain why the Red Knife Lottery might actually be worth your time. This female-fronted Milwaukee, WI quartet's transformation of all-too-familiar elements into something all their own is a testament to both the band's songwriting ability and the charisma of vocalist Ashley Chapman. On So Much Drama, the band's debut EP, the Red Knife Lottery serves up six incredibly catchy tracks of post-hardcore influenced rock and roll designed for fans of abrasive music with a pop sensibility. In addition to the aforementioned bands, I also heard a little bit of everything from the Murder City Devils to Le Tigre in there. The surprising highlight of the band for me was definitely Chapman's vocal performance, an inspired mixture of the Sounds' Maja Ivarsson, the Locust's Justin Pearson and 90's alt-rocker Poe. Her vocals give the Red Knife Lottery the ability to edge past "OK" into legitimately interesting and worth checking out. Bottom Line: This record isn't about sprawling sonic landscapes or technical virtuosity. It's an ambitious rock record that challenges you not to nod your head along with it. If the Red Knife Lottery can consistently deliver tracks of this caliber, I expect them to earn quite a following.

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deadwithfear_ 8/8/2005 11:32:18 AM

first

mindrot_ 8/8/2005 11:47:10 AM

go milwaukee!

wolfpack_ 8/8/2005 12:01:59 PM

why the f*ck does lambgoat review shit like this...emo bullshit!

har_har_ 8/8/2005 5:29:24 PM

because you touch yourself at night

dave_ 8/8/2005 7:06:58 PM

is she hot?

panzer_ 8/9/2005 2:32:18 AM

Interesting. Not my cup of tea, but certainly not bad. Listen here: http://www.purevolume.com/redknifelottery

gravity_mac_ 8/9/2005 11:45:01 AM

so far from emo it's not even funny.

xdxmx_ 8/9/2005 4:53:02 PM

awesome band, awesome people... Ashley's voice is amazing

thereapersson_ 8/9/2005 6:50:17 PM

This isn't too bad. Any of you gays who hate on this obviously don't give a shit about bands who attempt to do something creative instead of following what trends everyone else is whoring out at the moment.

SMokeOutloud_ 8/9/2005 8:25:23 PM

decibel stuffD on this album, gave it 9, but they give all the rest 8, ...uh ...."manny, shoot that piece of shit".....

MADD DOGG_ 8/10/2005 3:37:24 PM

I booked these guys here in Buffalo before....f*ckING AMAZING.