Seems like every good band from that area grows up and is suddenly from the infinitely more respectable city of Chicago. Or maybe they change their address and migrate a bit westward to Kansas City. In any case, it's time for the great beer city on the mighty miss to get some respect. I think Pave the Rocket is helping this cause and putting a few numbers on the board for the home team. This four-piece shares spectrum space with the likes of Shiner and Castor .
High jangle dances with low E-string chug while the bass and drummer belt away.
And although the disc certainly warrants comparisons to the aforementioned bands, Pave the Rocket's songs are more varied and less homogenized. Sometimes this works, and sometimes it doesn't. But like Quicksand did and Handsome still does, Pave the Rocket uses very metal sounding stuff in a very un-metal and effective way. My only gripe is that the singing sometimes gets a little high and whiney. Nothing to get worried about, though.