Almost like nothing you’ve ever heard before.
The Dear Hunter - Act I: The Lake South The River North EP Rachel Lux on 4/10/07 @ 5:11 PM
[5/5] It's not every day a band come along who can easily be compared to acts like Panic! At The Disco, Muse and Sufjan Stevens, but the Dear Hunter can-and then some. But where P!ATD are obsessed with their catchy Oliver Twist-meets-Cabaret stylings, and Muse have a serious crush on bass-driven dancefloor symphonies, the Dear Hunter lean more into the haunted territory of a Danny Elfman score, as interpreted by a post-hardcore band who's not afraid to challenge listeners with a cappella singing, itchy-toed instrumental breaks and mellifluous melodies. The brainchild of TDH majordomo Casey Crescenzo (formerly of similarly geared Massachusetts prog-punks the Receiving End Of Sirens), this eight-song "EP" doesn't have a bad song and is the kind of theatrical art-rock that will leave you saying, "The Mars who?"
(TRIPLE CROWN; triplecrownrecords.com) Casey Lynch
Official Website: http://www.triplecrownrecords.com
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