Musuji-CD Review

Jenn Cohen | April 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

by Tim Wenger

There are not too many acts in Colorado that put out the sound that Musuji does. It may not be a sound for everyone, but they do it damn well. Their new record Chauncey the Wizard Wagon delivers ten hard-hitting tracks that rely heavily on the funked-out bass wizardry of Thom Whitney to make it inherently obvious that you are listening to none other than Musuji.

Vocalist Arnie Blomquist at times sounds a bit like Zack De La Rocha, at times more like the long-haired hipster front man of an early ’90s alt rock outfit, at others like nothing I’ve ever heard before. They’ve got the weirdness of Primus with some hip-hop, screaming, and trance rock all tossed together. The album sounds, at times, like a group of acid freaks locked themselves in a cabin in the woods with a plethora of instruments and ProTools, and the new Musuji record is what emerged from the madness. Musuji is more than entertaining to watch live, and this full-length record is definitely a good album to bump on your drive home from work.

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