A Bit Much
Rock 'n' Roll is not dead. No, my friends, it's just approaching that time of life appallingly similar to death: middle age. And A bit Much is it's mid-life crisis.
Guitarist Clinton Degan (ex-Fetish Chicken) provides the lyrical matter of the frustrated and fattened old bag, enamored equally of Anton Chekhov and Randy Newman, playful as he is dour, tying the political and spiritual close to the wounded heart and the sarcastic quip. Providing a backbone ready to retreat at a moment's notice or splinter out like a grenade, bassist Abram Taber and drummer The Zoogie Brothers (both ex-Paraffin Section) pound and shout, dodge and whisper, and are overtly shocking in every other way that such means will allow. The trio is otherwise augmented by a cast of wonderfully talented players (Tim Lillis [ex-Project Mayhem], Curtis Killian [School for Robots], Seth Bailin [ex-Goosepimp Orchestra, Sinbusters], Mike Tucker [Aloud, Big Big Bucks], and many others) who help color and realize their emotionally treacherous and dense harmonic world.
A bit Much is currently half way through their Five Singles project for the year, releasing holiday apropos themed singles on Valentine's Day, their drummer's birthday, Labor Day, All Saint's Day, and Boxing Day. “Domesticated” b/w “I Don't Wanna Be a Housewife (for Someone Else's Family)” comprise the third single in this series.
Praise for Jon's Birthday #30:
“...A bit Much straight up loses it, gathers it all back up in a bucket, puts it back together in a weird twisted version of its former self, then smashes it all to bits all over again. Just for sport.” - C.D. on Songs, Boston Band Crush
Praise for Valentine's Day 2011:
“You may not expect much from this track. And this track will then blow your socks off. "…George Harrison's Wife" is actually a rather elegant and nigh-breathtaking – we're gonna say it – love song. It dances on the edge of the stage, being just theatrical enough to fully entertain, yet being far too awesome for a simple novelty track.” - C.D. on Songs, Boston Band Crush
Other praise for A bit Much at large:
“The madcap master of ceremonies, Clinton Degan, leads his mates through what is best described as a brilliantly devised classical, jazz, blues stew. Out in front is Degan’s unique voice ... at the same time richly soulful and playfully quirky. Lyrically, the stories are twistingly captivating and get better with every listen as the hidden gems reveal themselves between the notes. … “Starvation Wage” has so many starts and brake stands, to try to describe it would not do justice to this tremendous song.” - Rick Dumont, The Noise
“Let me tell ya, this set by A bit Much is molten hot stuff. The seem to cover multiple genres of rock in each song. There are many echoes of classic rock’s past, whether it be Brian May’s guitar, Ray Manzarek's keys, or many others.” - Bridges and Squares Podcast
“Boston-area band A bit Much is responsible for one of the more memorable meta-rock songs I’ve heard in the past six months or so, “I Can Rock Nobody Like Nobody’s Been Rocked Before.” It pretty much nails the experience of playing in a band that has more friends than fans — calling up everyone you know, who naturally can’t make it to that show you have coming up, and then playing to an empty club. A bit Much wrenches one of those total bummer shows into a cleverly tongue-in-cheek sentiment, and it’s the kind of song struggling musicians would likely pass along to their struggling musician friends with a knowing chuckle. ...it’s a fine introduction to A bit Much and their rollicking take on pre-psychedelic rock’n'roll and soul (this is a band that, thankfully, remembers to keep the “roll” in “rock’n'roll”).” - B.L., More Drive
RIYL: New Pornographers, Television, Led Zeppelin, Can, Wilco, Superdrag
TRY: #2
DIRTY: #1 (Clean edit coming soon)
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