SLOTH DEAD GENERATION A MUST HAVE!by Anonymous
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February 02, 2004:
After nearly a decade of performing throughout Southern California and touring the nation in the most hatin’-it Chevrolet Astro van you’ve ever set your sights on, Los Angeles’s Sloth have finally been promoted to the big leagues signing with Hollywood Records last year. Unlike most major label signings (which lately, have been with bands that hold blank touring and recording resumes), Sloth boast the prized ability to subsist solely on their own, with little record company assistance or intervention. But, let’s be realistic — given the opportunity, they weren’t about to turn any of it down. The act recently signed with top-rated booking agency William Morris, for example. Sloth were also willing to enlist the talents of producer Bob Marlette (whose credits include Saliva and Black Sabbath) when it came time to create their Hollywood debut, Dead Generation. Luckily, Dead Generation wasn’t crafted on sheer compromise as most first albums on major labels are. In fact, the 11-track Dead Generation is a fascinating melding of many disparate worlds, lest it be old-school versus new-school, classical versus metal or dissonance versus consonance. From the deliberately-flowing bass foundations of “Broken Crutch” (replete with Love’s vocal chord-straining, balls-out chorus blares of “Jeeeesus!”), to the up-tempo, dynamic blaze of “Myself” to the hook-laden progressions of “You Can’t Look Away,” Dead Generation favorably forces elements of all walks to interact with one another — regardless of whether they have a desire to, or not — much like the “clueless generation” of the present. I highly recommend this album to any fan of good, original, influential music. -Waleed Rashidi Meanstreet Magazine
Sloth f ing rules manby Anonymous
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September 03, 2003:
I have enjoyed their previously set of tracks "Acedia" for years now. It's unbelievable they haven't been nationally distributed until now.
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