Justin Dillon Stevens
Untitled release
Reviewed by Brian Vincent McGovern
This is some of the new material this ex-Dime Store Prophets singer has been working on since the break-up of the band. The material is stylistically similar to the Prophets, though, in addition to the rootsy Southern-sounding stuff, I hear a few disco-influenced guitars here & there. But to offset some silly notion that this is a "Southern disco" project, hear the laid back rhythm and the vocals in "That Far Away Look." You'll be thinking, "Beck? Is that you? Wait, Kevin Max? Is it you?" And with lyrics like, "...my voice shouting at this moment is the Marshall stack in your universe..." and "...Behold the color of rapture, behold the gum on the shoe of despair..." Certainly artistic, and well-produced for an indie project. For info, write: 2917 Telegraph Ave, #125, Berkeley CA 94705