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Title: Warn did the production on this???
Review: TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE is Godzuki's first release and shows a great deal of promise. Sadly, the production is murky and noisy, which is very ironic, considering that the great Warren Defever (of His Name is Alive) produced it. Lead singer Erika Hoffman has got an especially clear and beautiful voice, as anyone who has heard HNIA's songs "The Bees" or "Can't Always be Loved" can attest, but on this album her voice is buried under noisily-mixed guitars and drums.Godzuki's got interesting songwriting talent (the lyrics are about as surreal as can be) and a quirky and novel science-rock style, but the album is ruined by the production. I give TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE two stars, because Godzuki is a good band, but no more because the album often is on the verge of being unlistenable.
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