One of the greatest things to ever come out of Florida, period! This Gainesville based band had so much potential ahead of them but their dreams were quickly and tragically dashed. But we\u2019ll get to that in due time. <\/p>\n
For Squirrels had a little bit of R.E.M-inspired alt rock, some folk and a lot of angst mixed into one great tasty and zesty stew. Kicking things off, \u201c8:02 PM\u201d might just go down as one of the greatest opening tracks of the last twenty years. It\u2019s a very melodic track that\u2019s very frenzied and heavy at the same time, and it just works on so many levels.<\/p>\n
\u201cOrangeworker,\u201d a quasi-ballad, brings more emotion to the forefront, particularly the vocals of Jack Vigiliatura IV, one of the most underrated singers of the whole \u201890s alt rock scene. The intricate and sometimes violent guitar work of Travis Tooke bring Vigiliatura\u2019s words to life and help to lift the whole band out of being generic, the fate of so many other \u201890s rock bands.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuperstar\u201d is one of the heaviest tracks the band ever made and it shows: the crisp production, the audible anger and the thunderous power of the rhythm section of bassist Bill White and drummer Jack Greigo heighten the intensity of the track and quickly made it a fan favorite. \u201cUnder Smithville\u201d is another slower song but it\u2019s a good example of the yin and yang of the band\u2019s ability.<\/p>\n
\u201cMighty K.C.\u201d was the single off the record and it is very, very eerie. Written in the aftermath of Kurt Cobain\u2019s suicide, the song is very ebullient but also morose at the same time. The song garnered some airplay but didn\u2019t break through in the way that it should\u2019ve. This writer dares the listener to hear the song and not get goosebumps or start weeping uncontrollably.<\/p>\n
\u201cLong Live the King\u201d is the closest to hardcore punk that the band would ever get to. Vicious, ripping and ready for blood, the band plays as hard and heavy as possible until Vigiliatura\u2019s voice just gives way in a bloody fury. Definitely one of the best songs on the record.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Immortal Dog And Pony Show\u201d is one of those great tracks that go unnoticed and unheard, which is a shame. Melodic and powerful, it\u2019s another great way of showing how amazing the band truly was. Go back and listen to this record and crank this track! The last three tracks, \u201cDisenchanted,\u201d \u201cStark Pretty\u201d and \u201cEskimo Sandune\u201d are not that great, but it doesn\u2019t do anything to diminish the overall power of the record. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the band\u2019s fortunes were dashed in a heartbreaking accident. One month before the record was due to be released in the fall of 1995, the band was involved in a car accident on their way home to Gainesville when their van flipped in Georgia, killing Vigilatura, White and tour manager Tim Bender. Plunged into tragedy, the album was still released on schedule and the band\u2019s fan base grew modestly. The survivors started anew but the next record was completely the opposite of Example<\/i>. It\u2019s been nearly twenty years and the album still sounds as great as when it was first recorded. If one is looking for one of those great lost records of \u201890s alt rock, then this is the best possible place to start!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9424],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-43739","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-for-squirrels","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43739"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}