Albums like Quarter Past Nine are frustrating to review. Yet that same skill vanishes on the very next track, only to resurface later on.
Solos are an extreme example.
Lori Trespicio's mature rasp, Katrina Gamez's jazzy moan, and Kristen Martone's commanding wail are stellar. But of the Bostonian men, only Dave Petrelli is in a class with these women. The less said about Hard to Handle , the better. Renaissance man Dave Petrelli doesn't just stand out at the mic, he penned the album's best track, an excellent original, As Yet Untitled . Just call it way better than the college originals you're used to.