Prophet
Motive Records
American Amnesia is a
band of teen musicians that hail from Torrington
and Winsted, CT. The band is Patrick Nemaizer (19) on
vocals and guitar, Sam Cesnak (17) on drums and Gus Pac (16) on bass. The band
plays a mix of hard rock tinged with a bit of alternative.
The
playing is tight, some nice solos that will make the air guitarists happy,
pummeling drums, a thick low end of vocals that sound like a classic rock band
from the late 70s, lots of emotion, clear and perfect for this band. “The One”
is a fantastic song that I would have thought was a forgotten gem from the 70s.
It sounds classic, has amazing guitar playing and the vocals are glorious. The
band sounds like they have been playing together for a long time, nice cohesive
sound and no way would I have believed that they were this young, no way! The
playing and songwriting are very advanced and show that they know what they are
doing. You can hear the fun that they are having and the passionate vocals are
something that really stands out. “Questions in the Dark” is a dark and
plodding song, but plodding in the way that Black Sabbath used to drag you down
and drag you through the music, with your face down and a heavy weight on
you…kind of cool.
The whole album is like this, heavy with touches of their
influences, but still original enough to make it a great listen, matter of
fact, I think I will throw this one in the car and crank it up with the windows
down…the hell with the air conditioner.
-Rick Ecker
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