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Wonderful Quest

by Cereal Banter

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1.
Nepotism Prism 03:34
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out of the in crowd late to the new now dead to the jet set bear to the safe bet aloof to the wonderlust they're stuffing the upper crust a stop in the pop top flip to the big flop amiss to the quick fix steady the new mix a classic new sound above the underground it wants to reflect what it all means it wants to refract shadow light beams it wants to reflect what it all means you want to enact double-hem seams nepotism prism giant hollow scene a wrench in the tool bench a glimpse of the present a fire put in its place a common steak furnish the air balloon nerfing the padded room big fish with blinders on it's sink or swim anglers refracted rod misread the bend
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Crowds of Hands 02:17
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3.
Sheets Uncovered 03:48
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4.
Oh, Bleak Strategy 05:47
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5.
Reduced to Mutant 03:22
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Dart Echo 03:26
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7.
Brief Machines 05:39
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8.
WQ 08:58
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9.
Long Way to Obscurity 04:26
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about

"All those colors dripping into the sea of milk like lysergic streamers in the mist cannot portend the sheer buzzing dynamism of Cereal Banter. Then it’s my blood, the elements of the songs measured in angstroms as they electrify cells and antibodies and whatnot as I’m fully charged, fully enabled. Joseph and Nicholas are the psych-fuzz duo, filled with pop hooks, the source, generating the electricity like as they’re continually struck by lightning and zapped by atmospheric friction and whacked about by dangling downed wires. What then are we to do in the presence of such amplified power?

We are to do nothing. It’s our lot to be fried.

If we can handle it, we can be released. Cereal Banter releases us from boring rock tropes and garage clichés. Cereal Banter releases us from expectation, from reliance on routine. Cereal Banter releases us from our socks and our shoes, as we kick up whirlwinds around which water droplets form, birthing massively overwhelming thunderheads. And yet the hooks. The hooks catch us, sink into us, and keep us from losing hope. Colors are blood dripping into open ears, blood dripping into open amps. Plug in and be processed into music. “Wonderful Quest” indeed."
CASSETTE GODS/CRITICAL MASSES

"Smooth and enthusiastic vocals glide through the rock guitar and dynamic drums crunch for a while – until the song dashes off with sudden bursts of kinetic energy, flaming guitar lines, rapid-fire, quicksilver drumming, and exclaimed vocals. It’s quite a wild – and wonderful – trip that incorporates psych, prog, and heavy rock to heady effect."
THE BIG TAKEOVER

"A noisier Guided By Voices. The album commences with the rollicking (and surprisingly accessible) '60s-inspired song "Nepotism Prism."
CLEVELAND SCENE

"These guys took a lot of time experimenting in studio. Buzz-saw, crunchy esoteric post-rock and prog excursions. The pieces are dark and foreboding."
ISSUES

"Much more song-oriented than most of their previous efforts, with more reliance on vocals and structured tunes coated with noise. The album kicks off with the giddy, positively poppy “Nepotism Prism,” but their experimental tendencies spill out in the sprawling 9-minute “WQ.”
COOL CLEVELAND

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released February 14, 2019

Joseph Joseph: drums + all things
Nicholas Gunzburg: bass/gtr + all things

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