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    Denison Marrs

    Denison Marrs

    (2004)

    Reviewed by Mike Elliott

    DiscogsApple Music
    Label Floodgate RecordsThe Phantom Tollbooth2005
    emoindie rockshoegaze

    Denison Marrs is a band that has been around for a number of years, but has of yet not received a large amount of praise for their work. Their latest album which is self-titled is a nice blend of indie and pop rock. While not the greatest album of all time, and in my opinion not even their greatest album, it still offers a change from your ordinary mall and commercialized pop rock. This self-titled album does showcase a lot of musical ability from this Orlando based band, but on the same hand it follows very closely in the steps of previous Denison Marrs records. The biggest surprise of the album was the fact that it did keep me entertained for a while, however one of the album's downfalls was the fact that once again like some of their previous CD's, every song sounded the same. Denison Marrs has shown that hard work can pay off as demonstrated by their recent tour with Switchfoot, but on the same token they have also proven that without evolving their sound they can get boring.

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