One of hard music's best-kept secrets has now emerged with a new band name and a finely-produced album. Echocast (fka Redline and bka Radium) relies heavily on the emotive vocals of frontman David Mast, buoyed up by the churning and grungy rhythm section, cresting high as if to accent, and dipping low and out of the way to let his voice sail high. It's not so much an "immediate" album with instant hits, but the tunes "Cancer" and "Catch Your Breath" beat all the others in growing on this listener. Now maybe this band will get the recognition it has so long been earning via its live shows.
Editors' ratings - Doug 3/5, Jason 3/5
Other coverage for this album
Decapolis September 2002Reviewed by Matt ModrichEchocast is a four-piece band from Tennessee. Their record "Where the Future Ends" is one of the first releases on XS Records. Echocast sounds a lot like what is played on the alternative rock stations these days. They're basically grungy rock that sounds a lot like their labelmates Stavesacre and Embodyment, but just not as good. "Where the Future Ends" has a few decent tracks like "Four Words,"…Similar sounding releases
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