- Rabbit Hole
- Lie Down
- Last Defense
- Strange Eyes
- Absent Stars
- Vaporize
- Let It Go
- Hunted
- River
- Hold Me Up
- Say Goodbye
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Ken Andrews Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm)
Solomon Snyder Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Tim Dow Drums,Vocals (Background)
Jeff Garber Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Solomon Snyder Composer
Tim Dow Composer
Jeff Garber Composer,Engineer
Howard Benson A&R
Justin Smith Assistant
Tyler Archer Assistant
Andy Mueller Design,Photography,Art Direction
Zech Algood Assistant
Tom Baker Mastering
David Campbell String Arrangements
Colin Miller Assistant
Mike Lazer Assistant
Josh Johnson Assistant


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Overview
Year of the Rabbit is the new project from Ken Andrews, the perennial Los Angeles hangabout who in the past was responsible for a host of knob-twiddling jobs (A Perfect Circle, Jimmy Eat World, etc.), as well as Failure, On, and the cheeky 1996 cover band experiment Replicants. YOTR's eponymous debut finds Andrews revisiting the post-grunge lurch of his Failure material, albeit with a newly honed pop twinge that masks the fact that he still sounds a whole lot like Kurt Cobain. "Rabbit Hole" opens the festivities, re-introducing the dully processed guitar sound that permeated Failure's 1994 effort, Magnified. But where that album played up jagged histrionics, Year of the Rabbit lets its hooks unfold more slowly, as on the spidery chug of "Lie Down" or "Vaporize," which sounds like something Johnny Rzeznik might write if he were angrier and had a fetish for Garbage-style alt.rock. Elsewhere, the formulaic lyrics and pacing of "Strange Eyes" are saved by some cool drum programming and an insistently twisting lead guitar line, while "Absent Stars" is an amped-up run through vintage Alternative Nation riffing. But while these sounds offer a few enjoyable highs, the majority of Year of the Rabbit just doesn't make much of a dent. Tracks like "Hunted" or "Last Defense" -- even the acoustic and strings departure of "Hold Me Up" -- are well-crafted nuggets of modern alternative pop. But there isn't enough of a real band inside these shells of songs, and you just get the impression that this sort of thing is pretty easy for these guys to crank out. Vaguely acerbic lyrics, obliquely fashionable references to drug use, articulated sweeps of anthemic guitar, and choruses you sing along with because you realize you've heard it all before -- this is what you'll find down YOTR's rabbit hole. ~ Johnny Loftus
Product Details
Release Date: | 07/15/2003 |
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Label: | Elektra |
UPC: | 0075596286329 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Year Of The Rabbit Primary ArtistKen Andrews Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm)
Solomon Snyder Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Tim Dow Drums,Vocals (Background)
Jeff Garber Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Technical Credits
Ken Andrews Mixing,Composer,Engineer,ProducerSolomon Snyder Composer
Tim Dow Composer
Jeff Garber Composer,Engineer
Howard Benson A&R
Justin Smith Assistant
Tyler Archer Assistant
Andy Mueller Design,Photography,Art Direction
Zech Algood Assistant
Tom Baker Mastering
David Campbell String Arrangements
Colin Miller Assistant
Mike Lazer Assistant
Josh Johnson Assistant
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