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Actor Michael Pitt (LAST DAYS, BULLY, DAWSON'S CREEK) is the driving creative force behind the Brooklyn-based Pagoda. The band's debut self-titled album was released on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label in 2007. Sounding not unlike IN UTERO-era Nirvana, Pagoda is marked by Pitt's dark, twisted guitar hooks and pained vocals. While the band never reaches the furious, sublime heights of Nirvana, there's considerably more to this album than simply Hollywood angst bashed out on guitar. The cello is a nice musical touch, too.
Recording information: Arhara, Milan, Italy.
Personnel: Michael Pitt (vocals, guitar); Indigo Ruth Davis (cello); Ryan Donowho (drums).
Audio Mixers: Luca Amendolara; Hugh Pool.
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.49) - "[D]ealing in spindly guitar figures...[and] woozy impressionistic drawls....Something with real promise." Pagoda Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   The best one
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 Innovative, Insane and Inspiring
It is disappointing to read reviews and articles that constantly compare Pagoda to 90's rock group Nirvana. It is an injustice and insult to the originality and creative capability of this band. This four-man rock band has a distinct sound all of its own that dwells somewhere between the garage-like, unpolished vocal style along with frequently fierce drumming, the more alternative, kaleidoscopic guitar riffs and the almost eastern influence of the uniquely-played cello. This is definately not just another grunge band. As a debut album, Pagoda does a solid job of showing the talent and scope of diversity that the band has to offer. An obvious highlight in the album is the hauntingly painful From Death to Birth that blends the two extremes of solemn abstraction and raging chaos as the song unfolds. Unfortunately, the Pagoda favourite Happy Song did not make the track listing. However all in all, the album provides an impressive start to their promising careers.
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