Volumen - ~Cries From Space *Erika EP

Name: Volumen
Album: ~Cries From Space
* Erkia EP
Year: ~2002, *2001
Style: Electronic Pop Punk
Similar Bands: Robbers on High Street, Dismemberment Plan, Captain Beefheart, Pixies, Tub Ring, Walkmen, Jonathan Fire Eater
"One-Word" Review: Synthy Space Pop Rock
Based Out Of: Missoula, MT
Label: Wantage

 Cover, Record, EP

Back, Record, EP

~Cries From Space (2002)

1. Daddy's Other Finger 6:31
2. Sexy Astronaut 3:49
3. Type O Girl 4:38 /
4. Long Haul 3:50
5. Metallia 2:16
6. Nymph...Blood...Wine 2:36
7. Snakes 3:23

*Erika EP (2001)

1. Erika 2:10
2. Face 2:20
3. Something for the Monkey 3:04
4. Foreskins Over Fargo 1:37

Album Rating (1-10): 8.5

Members & Other Bands:

• Volumen 1 Shane Hickey - Vox, Guitar, Megaphone (Professor 3d6)
• Volumen 2 Doug Smith - Vox, Guitar (Two Year Touge)
• Volumen Beta Bob Marshall - Drums, Cowbell (Bacon & Egg, Spanker, Prosciutto, Saved for this Dark Dawm, Bobokraft 2000)
• Volumen Bkawck! Chris Bacon - Synth, Vibes, Tambourine, Wurlitzer, Piano, Vox (Bacon & Egg)
• Volumen Squared Bryan Hickey- Bass (Bacon & Egg)
• Tim Green - Recording
• Greg Twigg - Cover Layout
• Josh Vanak - Themes & Designs
• Colin Hickey - Photos
• Daniel Webb - Flash & Enhanced CD work
• John Golden - Mastering

Unknown-ness: Never heard of Volumen. But based on their cover artwork and packaging, it looks like they are something like Man or Astroman meets the Faint...that is to say, Emo Math Rock

Album Review: Volumen are made of a complex concoction of musical sources...sometimes it is piano based pop, or loungy melodic music, or space prog, to Prince-like Devo, to power pop metal. Throw in the oddness of Captain Beefheart at times, and you are still nowhere closer to deciphering what they sound like. The EP that was tucked into the full album is much more straight forward synthy, dancy power pop-punk.

Stand Out Track: Long Haul

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