By Alex Mayfield
Minus the Bear is an electric indie rock band out of Seattle that follows up their successful album, Planet of Ice, with their fourth LP Omni. Minus the Bear has a lot of good things going on, especially when it comes the musicality of the entire band. MTB shows that they are instrumentally very talented. A good example of this is the musicianship of percussionist Erin Tate, who shows a mass amount of technicality in his drumming. However, I have some issues with this album. The vocals are incredibly generic (“Hold Me Down”) and the times the album shines are during its instrumentals (2:40 into “Excuses”). Another problem with this album is the lack of diversity. The majority of the songs sound exactly the same as the one before. With as much talent as the band has, I would like to hear more variety and less singing. Luckily the instrumentals alone are reason to at least listen to a little bit of this album.
6.0/10
Songs to Download: “Dayglow Vista Road”, “Into the Mirror”, “Excuses”
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