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Discipline - Push and Profit

Discipline - Push and Profit
Released: 1993
Label: Strung Out Records
Cat. No.: 128764-01
Total Time: 54.32

Reviewed by: Stephanie Sollow, July 1999
The sleeve blurb says it all - "Sometimes peel back the scab and expose the wound." And that's what this disk does. The opening track, "Diminished" is fragile and mournful, all appropriate to lyrical material - when you realize you are but one "raindrop in a bucket full." And when haven't we felt that way?

And yet the second track in has a jaunty beat and a keyboard sound reminicent of ELP - Brain Salad Surgery comes to mind. Here, too, vocalist Matthew Parmenter reminds me of Perry Farrell (he of the Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros fame). Jaunty it may be, but it certainly isn't any more optimistic.

The gentle and sweet beginning to "The Nursery Year" constrasts to what is actually a very disturbing track of child abuse, and, as I read it, the cycle of abuse it can begin.

"Faces of the Petty" drifts the furthest from progressive, becoming more than just "almost" a pop song - it is a bouncy, energetic commentary on our current state of affairs, exposing the darker, flip side to that which we see.

As a study in tracing the fragility of the human condition, Push and Profit is an interesting listening; from a purely musical perspective, the compositions here, once past "Dimished," sparkle with guitar and keyboard interplays, interesting instrumentation, and all around skillful playing.

This comes highly recommended.

More about Push and Profit:

Track Listing: Diminished (7:36) / The Reasoning Wall (7:22) / Carmilla (9:39) / The Nursery Year (5:18) / Faces of the Petty (4:47) / Systems (7:26) / Blueprint (6:02) / America (7:42)

Musicians:
Matthew Parmenter - Vocals, Backing Guitar, Violin, Programming, Tambourine, Recorder, Synth
Jon Preston Bouda - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
David Krofchok - Piano, Organ, Synth, Backing Vocals
Mathew Kennedy - Bass Guitar
Paul Dzendzel - Drums and Percussion

Contact:
P O Box 1587
Royal Oak, MI 48068-1587
USA

Website: www.strungoutrecords.com/
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Discography

Push and Profit (1993)
Unfolded Like A Staircase (1997)

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	Discipline - Push and Profit
	Released: 1993 Label: Strung Out Records Cat. No.: 128764-01 Total Time: 54.32
	Reviewed by: Stephanie Sollow, July 1999 The sleeve blurb says it all - "Sometimes peel back the scab and expose the wound." And that's what this disk does. The opening track, "Diminished" is fragile and mournful, all appropriate to lyrical material - when you realize you are but one "raindrop in a bucket full." And when haven't we felt that way? And yet the second track in has a jaunty beat and a keyboard sound reminicent of ELP - Brain Salad Surgery comes to mind. Here, too, vocalist Matthew Parmenter reminds me of Perry Farrell (he of the Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros fame). Jaunty it may be, but it certainly isn't any more optimistic. The gentle and sweet beginning to "The Nursery Year" constrasts to what is actually a very disturbing track of child abuse, and, as I read it, the cycle of abuse it can begin. "Faces of the Petty" drifts the furthest from progressive, becoming more than just "almost" a pop song - it is a bouncy, energetic commentary on our current state of affairs, exposing the darker, flip side to that which we see. As a study in tracing the fragility of the human condition, Push and Profit is an interesting listening; from a purely musical perspective, the compositions here, once past "Dimished," sparkle with guitar and keyboard interplays, interesting instrumentation, and all around skillful playing. This comes highly recommended. More about Push and Profit: Track Listing: Diminished (7:36) / The Reasoning Wall (7:22) / Carmilla (9:39) / The Nursery Year (5:18) / Faces of the Petty (4:47) / Systems (7:26) / Blueprint (6:02) / America (7:42) Musicians: Matthew Parmenter - Vocals, Backing Guitar, Violin, Programming, Tambourine, Recorder, Synth Jon Preston Bouda - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals David Krofchok - Piano, Organ, Synth, Backing Vocals Mathew Kennedy - Bass Guitar Paul Dzendzel - Drums and Percussion Contact: P O Box 1587 Royal Oak, MI 48068-1587 USA Website: www.strungoutrecords.com/ Note: will open new browser window Discography Push and Profit (1993) Unfolded Like A Staircase (1997)
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