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SloMo Rabbit Kick: Hortatory Examinations Review
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Hortatory Examinations, the new EP from Seattle-based Slomo Rabbit Kick, combines deliberate and jumbled songwriting with outrageously affected lyrics and heavily influenced synth-pop subtleties to make a point. A political point.

The strengths of this album do not lie necessarily in the bands ability to write a catchy tune, nor in any groundbreaking form of songwriting beyond the scope of a severely adequate indie rock band, mixing the mellow, laid-back singing with distorted guitar lines and CD-radio style female voiceovers; nor do the strengths lie in vocal stylings, which are oft flat and off-key. The real hook with Slomo Rabbit Kick comes from the messages conveyed throughout the EP. From national shame to high school apathy, Slomo Rabbit Kick finesses its way through each song with a unified theory on life: cynicism about American culture.

Basically, this band performs for a niche segment of the population, more subtle in their innuendos but straight on mark with the Seattle anti-establishment post-hippie scene. On hearing the album, one can see himself at some dirty hole-in-the-wall, smoke-filled indie rock bar, surrounded by throngs of political supporters wearing anti-Bush pins on their hemp satchel straps. And in the end, Slomo Rabbit Kick alienates the average listener with its pointiness. For the listener who is looking for a little intellectual metaphor in his political rock scene, Hortatory Examinations does not bogart the message.

This album can be purchased at the SloMo Rabbit Kick Official Website

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