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Conner: Hello Graphic Missile: Review
*Sixeyes Score: 8.5 out of 10
Review by David Reis
Conner are four young guys from Lawrence, Kansas - Bryce Boley (drums), Phil Bonahoom (bass), James Duft (guitar/vocals) and Tom Wagner (guitar). Soon they received, justly, comparisons to The Strokes, The Clash and Built to Spill. Their debut album, Hello Graphic Missile (Sonic Boom Recordings) is astounding, a clever but substantial collection of uncommonly catchy songs that displays the capacity of Conner's fine-tuned rock. 13 songs, 40 minutes of rock nroll kiss that knocks you unconscious to the ground with bouncy bass lines, brushed drums, mind-blowing guitar riffs and a lilting, rough voice. Few bands are this open-eyed to the chance that music can be both strangely tricky and easily remembered. In addition, making any record that sounds different from anything else is a triumph in itself. A triumph of intense, eerie, and compelling songs. Tempting, isn't it?
Luscious "Cold Feelings" and irresistible "Independent Women", course together subtly, all texture, mood, and shade. These songs are great - genuine, rugged, melodically stormy and full of rock flesh and blood. I find that they get better with each listen. If you like these two songs, you'll like the lot, for sure. As a whole, the group has created an album charged not only with catchy rock songs but with the breath of an almost forgotten indie honesty. Highly Recommended.
Conner: Hello Graphic Missile: Review
Slug Magazine.
Review by Jamila Roehrig
I dont know where all these craptacularly similar bands are coming from, or what they hope to achieve by cranking out yet more of the same bland, monotonous tunes, although according to the press release that came with Hello Graphic Missile, theyre quite the opposite: [With] funk bass lines, hard hitting disco/dance drum riffs and complex rock guitar In today's musical cookie cutter world, Conner somehow pull off a sound that feels both uniquely cutting edge and classically familiar Huh? Wha? Seriously, who in their right mind would find that description palatable much less intriguing? Sorry dudes, but Ill bet even Brandon Flowers thinks your songs are lame. I cant think of anything worse, but hey, if shoddy, boring disco-rock brings you the admiration of 12-year-old hos, well, then I guess thats pretty neat for you.
