What we know about miniaturized: they are a San Diego-based rock band including members of Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes, Pinback, No Knife and others, initially gathered for a Tom Petty tribute but eventually found their own sound. Apparently they don’t like capital letters, but the 14 guitar-driven tracks – 50 minutes – on their self-titled debut album are packed with musical exclamation marks. They build on dynamic alternative rock from the 90s, but the songs cannot really be pigeonholed, because instruments, styles and tempo are quite varied. You’ll have to take some time to let all this sink in, but there is a lot of adventure to explore here.
miniaturized, written & arranged by Timothy Joseph and produced & mixed by Mitch Easter, is out now digitally and on vinyl LP. Mark Sgarbossa was responsible for the beautiful cover art.
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