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SLEEPY HOLLOW - SLEEPY HOLLOW
INDEPENDENT
METAL TO INFINITY
No, this ain't the band with Bob Mitchell (Attacker) on vocals! As often a band is using a name that was already used before but let's not consider this as a major problem. Nevertheless also Sleepy Hollow was formed in New Jersey, the home of Attacker.
Matt Schwarz seems to be the main song writer of the band. He chose to write some very bizarre kind of Rock music, something like - Metal is meeting some kind of seventies Rock band... This man is a musician 'pur sang'. Next to the electric guitars he uses, or let use, non traditional instruments like the flute or a saxophone. Of course it is giving the tracks a special retro sound and a weird atmosphere. I never had the feeling to listen to a CD from the year 2000.
Mister Schwarz found some equal artists to write and perform the songs and to be honest all are amazingly good in playing their instruments. Each song was sang by another member and all are delivering that typical seventies sound. Especially with 'From Above' it feels like you're listening to the very old Deep Purple. To be honest I'm too young for being a fan of that era, except for the most famous tracks like 'Smoke On The Water' and 'Child In Time'. But yes, Sleepy Hollow contains four first class musicians with own ideas, original song writing and outstanding musical structures. I can't say I have been bored for a second, too much is to discover on this EP. On the other hand I can't say Sleepy Hollow took me by the throat with these tracks, more songs would have been too much to handle.
Fans of alternative or even Progressive Rock music, mixed with a bit of retro sounding Metal and a seventies 'Jesus Christ Superstar' sound will be amazed by Sleepy Hollow. MY POINTS: 70/100 (review by Officer Nice)