The Oswald Effect - Love & Sabotage Review
by J Simpson
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Hailing from Seattle The Oswald Effect (or T.O.E. for short) are a 4 piece disgruntled political punk band whose disdain for "the man" and injustice is expressed vehemently through the 11 tracks off their sophomore cd release titled Love & Sabotage. In listening to Love & Sabotage you'll encounter stinging guitars with appealing rhythms, pounding drums, intelligent lyrics and rich standout vocals. If you took the voice of Ian Astbury from The Cult mixed it with a little Robert Smith from The Cure and added a splash of Glen Danzig you would come pretty close to the sound and range of T.O.E.'s singer Heath Bauer. Accompanying Bauer in T.O.E. are Jonathan Carey on base, Casey Brookbush on drums and Joshua Shepard who shares guitar work with Bauer. A couple of my favorite songs off the disc would be the lead track Lie To The People, A Threat Of Something Good and Simple Salvation. In my opinion the full rich sound of T.O.E. is better than a lot of other bands in this genre currently making music. Unfortunately that really doesn't mean much considering the state the music biz is presently in but more importantly is the fact that after I'm finished with this review when all is said and done Love & Sabotage will be finding its way back to my cd player.
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