June of 44
Anahata (Quarterstick)
by Joe Cardamone
When I received this CD in the mail, I immediately slipped it into my stereo. From the first note of “Wear Two Eyes” I knew that this record would be a departure from all previous June of 44 records. Then I started cleaning the house whilst shaking my ass to pumping bass ala Tom Cruise in Risky Business. Midway through the album, my friend Keith showed up to take me to his house for some serious business, but I made sure to grab the CD before we left. Upon arrival, I popped the CD into Keith’s disc player and sat down to burn plants with my already waiting cohort, Lance. Lance, an avid June of 44 fan and natural born skeptic, looked puzzled through his halo of smoke as we made it through the first three songs of Anahata. What better way to review a record than having a listening party with two of my best friends? As we sat at the kitchen table in Keith’s apartment, June of 44’s Anahata filled the smoky air with almost tribal pulses of sound that stirred curiosity in all of us. Lance was a bit disappointed by the overwhelming drum and bass explosion; he was definitely not expecting this from Quarterstick’s finest. But he said the record would probably grow on him.
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