Shapeshifter
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- Shapeshifter
- 歌手：Aaron Ross
- 语种：英语
- 时间：2007年07月
- 公司：GRR唱片
This new Aaron Ross record is going to be drop-dead, ding-dong, dirt-dog DOPE. I was just thinking about the first time I ever saw/heard him. Before they tore it down to build a Holiday Inn Express, there was a little ivy-covered theatre on Bank Street in Grass Valley, California. (There were also a few other righteous businesses, including the best bowling alley ever, Gold Bowl, and its bar, The Flume Room. But I won t get into those now. I also won t get into the fact that even before those ancient relics of my youth were there, there was Chinatown.) The Studio Theatre was home to many of my firsts nothing pervy, just dancing as a little kid at Nelda and Lennie s dance studio, my theatre debut in The Unsinkable Molly Brown, and the first time I saw Aaron Ross. Cooool. It was May 1, 1999 at the Studio Theatre, and it was the CD release show for The Gears Today and Tomorrow. The Zombots and In Memory of Radio opened. Amazing. The Gears! Ever heard of Adam Kline and Jason Graham of Golden Shoulders? Ever head of Neal Morgan? The Zombots! Ever heard of Bill Kiley? The Eloi? In Memory of Radio! Obviously, have you ever heard of Aaron Ross? So anyway, although In Memory of Radio was a very young band, there was an unmistakable quality to the songs super amazing pop songs with a bonkers singer/songerwriter vibe. Aaron s talent was not hard to see, and soon enough he was onto his actual singer/songwriter solo thing at J@ck s Internet Cafe (RIP again). Dang! Take note, I told myself. Take note, everybody else told themselves.
Some other bands told themselves that between then and now, too, for we saw Aaron as the ever-engaging and ripping frontman of some very cool if too short-lived bands, like Let Go and Fresh Young Blood. But his own amazing powers as a one-man show never stopped ribboning through everything else.
There are a few recordings of various projects out there, and although you must be sly and coy to get some of the older ones, his fantastic 2003 release, The Hallelujah Side is still available, I think. Currently, we can see him fronting Hella, and now this new album, the truly, truly incredible catalog of songs, SHAPESHIFTER, will be out on Grass Roots Record Co.
come summertime. Indeed, we ll be BBQing to it in no time. I think the album will do a great job of entertaining the many ideas of what Aaron can do it s a happy marriage of every musical aspect we ve seen from him thus far, and adds even more that blows the mind and scratches the back. Hey now, do yourself a favor: Take note. --Allison Schmidt, Grass Roots Journal 。