JOSS/Unreleased 4 Song EP(CD4). Moody musical misfits along the lines of Idaho, The Handsome Family, Sparklehorse and The Willard Grant Conspiracy, guitarist/vocalist Ambrose Liu, drummer Christopher O'Donovan (ex-Speed the Plough) and bassist/vocalist Mike Pasuit continue the pursuit of musical excellence exhibited on their previous release, the critically-lauded Billy Hwang's Roadside Con (2000).
A mesmerizing, hypnotizing, three-song lo-fi drift through a hazy, semi-stoned room of molasses grooves, sleepy ennui and half-conscious late-nite lounge loneliness, "Good Grace," "Careless," and especially "Rumour of a Monkey Clown" are echoing, tremolo-laden, Tom Waits-like rainy day musical meanders that deserve a national audience.
.~ Al Muzer