The Passionistas - the first band signed to my New and Used Records label - have been garnering much press as of late for their debut
God's Boat, which was released in June.A review of
God's Boat can be found in the latest issue of
Performer magazine - the West Coast version. So, if you live on the West Coast, you can probably find the magazine at one of your local establishments. If you do not, however, you can read it
online. It's quite a nice review with several quoteworthy moments - "a true DIY spirit [channeled] through jaunty, three-chorded noise pop," "tunes with a timeless appeal," "genre-bending," not to mention: "The most redeeming qualities on the album, however, are the hidden ones: above every blithe pop hook looms a fuzzy bass line meandering lazily; behind a jagged rocking number awaits a grating squall of razor-wire feedback."A review in this week's East Bay Express by Nate Seltenrich says, "The Passionistas have their heads in the right place, but their hands don't follow. Jilted, jerky pop lacking tightness and polish sounds like the work of a high school garage band with great taste." And that's the whole review.
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