WOMANIZING METAL STUDS!!! By Kristin Reeves & Charley Pond ..
Danger Danger, Philadelphia (03/08) - TORRID SEX IN EAST BERLIN - NEW JAMA C. Pond & K. Reeves Production
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"Mutant blues, motorik rhythmathletics, early Eno whimsy and Stooges grindhouse riffage all rub their oily hips together like a deep-fried harmonic sex coven, and immaculately conceive a troubled but beautiful hot-chrome hybrid, we might just christen 'Captain Beef Can' if we're feeling asinine" - Plan B
"The second album from Chicago-based Mass Shivers is one that sounds infinitely familiar, though where that familiarity comes from is uncertain. The opener of “Womanizing Metal Studs†sets the stage for the album as a whole; flanged-out, low-end guitars squelch and noodle around a consistently tribal groove. This is a pretty common theme throughout the album as a whole, though the guitars range from the stop-start staccato of Captain Beefheart to thick Stooges growl to straight-up drone. Likewise, while always somewhat tribal, the drums meander between solid rock rhythms and krautrock afrobeat hybrids. What really gets this music to swing, though, are the vocals. They sound like they would nestle most comfortably on some late 70s space-rock album, spouting epic stories of some extinct alien race, vocals equal part cock and soul. Similarly, throughout the album, the campfire and the stadium are found in equal measure." –B. Roller, Slugmag
"On their second album Chicago trio Mass Shivers rush through a wealth of great ideas and sharply shaped twists whils a touch of genuine pop quality is always present. Outbursts of simplified complexity become well-trimmed song structures of instant appeal. They're pretty loud, yet (very) well focused. They are an orthodox, triangular sounding band perhaps but Mass Shivers prove that guitar, drums and vocals still leave room for new, and excellent, ideas.
The title of the eighth track, 'Tense and Anxious' aptly describes the trademark Mass Shivers song. Add to it rolling drums and you have a pleasing and durable formula. Immaculately recorded and produced, the ten songs on 'Ecstatic Eyes Glow Glossy' clock in at under half an hour and are rendered with a fabulous sense of urgency." - Maarten Schiethart , Pennyblackmusic
"Showing much heavier tendencies as well as a penchant for doing the unexpected Mass Shivers twist and turn through 28 infectious minutes on their latest album ‘Ecstatic Eyes Glow Glossy’. Opening track ‘Womanising Metal Studs’ is a bizarre mix of the Stooges and the Beach Boys, whilst ‘Mossy Nethers’ is a repetitive can-like groove, with some creeping brass adding to the atmosphere. Diverse and never dull, this is well worth a listen." - Terrascope UK