Audio CD review:
Veruca Salt - Resolver (Parental Advisory)

Veruca Salt - Resolver (Parental Advisory)

Band: Veruca Salt Title: Resolver (Parental Advisory) Rating: Release Date: 03 October, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Same Person 2: Born Entertainer 3: Best You Can Get 4: Wet Suit 5: Yeah Man 6: Imperfectly 7: Officially Dead 8: Only You Know 9: Disconnected 10: All Dressed Up 11: Used To Know Her 12: Pretty Boys 13: Hellraiser

Editoral Review But upon the departure of member Nina Gordon, lead singer Louise Post revamped the group, and Resolver beat the odds. Veruca Salt circulated through the late-'90s barrage of one-hit alt-rock bands with the single "Seether," and the number of critics placing bets in favor of the band's longevity was miniscule. The album follows the lead of fellow Chicagoans the Smashing Pumpkins with its monstrous guitars squalling against an explosive rhythm section. This tsunami of sound finds a strange bedfellow with Post's vocals. Immediately she seems a sweet, fuzzy urchin, but her abrasive, sexually charged lyrics and grunge-suited scream reveal a wildly rabid kitten with piercing claws and enormous teeth. Resolver's combination of eerie Pixies-influenced aggression ("Used to Know Her") and Billy Corgan bombast ("Born Entertainer") makes for a supremely satisfying head bang. Best of all, the new and resoundingly improved Veruca Salt have developed a penchant for slightly quieter songs like "Disconnected," where Post's utterly unseething, almost exhausted voice carves a wide space between unproduced drums and orchestral instrumentation, resulting in a moment of fierce beauty. --Beth Massa .. You can see a complete list of all Veruca Salt discography, or go back to the Veruca Salt tabs