Oddfellows (CD)
Tomahawk
Amoeba Review
01/28/2013
Mike Patton of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle is back with a new album from his alt-metal supergroup, Tomahawk. Featuring Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard), John Stanier (Battles, Helmet) and new bassist Trevor Dunn, who is also in Fantomas with Patton, Oddfellows picks up six years after Tomahawk’s last record, Anonymous. Comparatively, Oddfellows is a less frantic and experimental affair, and that’s a good thing. It focuses the band’s collective strengths, pulling Stanier’s robotic drumming, Denison’s acidic riffs and Patton’s mercurial growl into ferocious and strangely alluring songs like “White Hats/Black Hats.” Dunn proves a natural fit for the band as well, bouncing off Denison’s riffs in the title track to create an uneasy climb for Patton, whose vocals still sound maniacal and devilish even as he shows newfound restraint. Oddfellows is the work of four musicians with easy chemistry and little to prove, and as such, its ability to settle into its strange grooves like worn gloves is its greatest asset.
Read MoreTrack Listing
Disc 1 Titles |
Artist |
Length |
|---|---|---|
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1.
Oddfellows
|
Tomahawk | 03:30 |
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2.
Stone Letter
|
Tomahawk | 02:52 |
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3.
I.O.U.
|
Tomahawk | 02:38 |
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4.
White Hats / Black Hats
|
Tomahawk | 03:21 |
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5.
A Thousand Eyes
|
Tomahawk | 02:40 |
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6.
Rise Up Dirty Waters
|
Tomahawk | 03:06 |
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7.
The Quiet Few
|
Tomahawk | 03:48 |
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8.
"I Can Almost See Them"
|
Tomahawk | 02:36 |
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9.
South Paw
|
Tomahawk | 04:00 |
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10.
Choke Neck
|
Tomahawk | 03:51 |
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11.
Waratorium
|
Tomahawk | 03:27 |
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12.
Baby Let's Play____
|
Tomahawk | 02:43 |
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13.
Typhoon
|
Tomahawk | 02:11 |























