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Exclaim! (Web, Canada)
November 2004
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JOE TURNER: Between Two Seconds
Camera Obscura Records (CAM067CD)
Formerly of the much-missed New England-based psych outfit Abunai,
multi-instrumentalist Joe Turner proves himself to be much more than
just a solid drummer on this unassuming debut solo trip. Handling the
majority of the instrumentation himself on the album’s 11 tracks, when
he does bring in a guest to help --- like the Sunshine Fix’s Bill
Doss or his former Abunai band band-mate Brendan Quinn --- it’s
merely to augment instead of take over. Turner has created a
deliciously vibrant side of bright, wide-eyed psychedelic pop that is
an absolute delight. Not too hard that it will alienate psych-pop fans
and just tripped out enough that fans of the heavier side of things
(think Hawkwind instead of Left Banke) will still find things
interesting.
Sean Palmerston