Mit Gas

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Customer reviews

review by: Big Riff date: 2007-04-25 rating:
The flipside of Americana further exposed...
On one level, Mit Gas is simply another great Mike Patton record. Tomahawk may be guitarist Duane Denison's baby, it's Patton's oral antics that will no doubt capture the attention of the majority of fans and leave them agape, as he delivers his most thrilling, accessible and diverse vocal performance since Faith No More's Angel Dust. But to ignore the contribution of the three other players on this extraordinary album would be unjust, as each member plays an equally strong hand on this sophomore effort from the world's least famous 'supergroup'...

As a siren wails somewhere in the distance, the misleadingly chirpy sound of a dawn chorus marks opener 'Birdsong', setting the tone for the entire album with Kevin Rutmanis' menacing bass-line and John Stanier's powerhouse drumming - before Patton takes over with a vocal that sounds suspiciously like he's strangling himself. Obviously, this is awesome, and the rest of the album is similarly jaw-dropping: a veritable smorgasbord of sonic delights, which includes the majestic 'Rape This Day', the gleefully twisted 'Harelip', the heart-felt, Spanish-sung 'Desastre Natural' (which may or not be about the break-up of Patton's marriage) and the explosive drum 'n' bass-meets-punk-metal centrepiece of 'Capt. Midnight'.

The best thing about Mit Gas, however, is the fact that you can actually visualise the whole array of facial expressions Patton was making as he recorded this and in this sense Tomahawk have succeeded in creating a truly cinematic record. Roll on album number three!

Matt Pucci

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review by: prentle date: 2005-10-26 rating:
Brief
Listen, Im gonna make this brief, this is one of the great punk/rock albums. I dont really need to say more. Im not going to go into who is involved with this band. The music shouts for itself. It rocks! nuff said.

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review by: markloughton date: 2005-02-28 rating:
a kick in the ears.
this album is so so so strange its unbelivable. its the equivalent to walking down a dark country lane with a shadow jumping through the trees. i bought the album because i loved the musical insanity of fantomas with this album the weirdness has being stepped up a level. when you listen to this album you know you are letting go of normal musics hand and are being bundled off into the back of a van where your eardrums are transportad to a lunatic asylum. by all rights this album just shouldnt work at all but it does, it works magnificentley.
mike patton is as ever the most vocally versatile man on the planet. a strangely magnetic album from a supergroup of intense talent.
mit gas is a work of genius.
roll on their third album.

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review by: date: 2004-06-02 rating:
Same stuff, different day
Yet more generic metally stylings from Mike Patton & friends. Patton consistently fulfills about one tenth of his potential, and it annoys me because the guy responsible (in part at least) for Pranzo Oltrazista, Disco Volante and King For A Day should be creating masterpieces by now. And please let someone else write the lyrics. Jeez...


review by: ricochet93 date: 2004-03-07 rating:
Scalping The Mainstream Competition
From the very moment you hear the opening of the slow boiling Birdsong you know Mike Patton is going to take you for a hell of a ride! It sets the tone for the rest of the album, dark and broody...the type of music to make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. Rape This Day is the stand out track on the album, truely powerful. This outting fom Tomahawk is more polished than their previous offering and it's obvious that this "super group" are gelling! Fans of rock, metal, and alternative this album is for you! Take a walk on dark side.

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