Point for
The Five Deadly Venoms
in the category of originality, but then again, this is nothing that could entirely redefine the genre of indie rock. A lot of these tunes are bass driven and toppled with a flow that flies in fifty different directions before the next track in hits. So there's a lot of complexities and tempo changes going on, like if these guys were from DC, this record would probably be on
Dischord Records
, maybe. One thing that lacks on
Shapeshift
is the energy and ability to just grab your attention; but to be fair at least
do their own thing rather than having to go out of their way to please all the jaded music critics in the world. ~ Mike DaRonco