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Swamp Dog
Sleep
Album: n/a
Genres: Jambands
A competent but fairly generic jam band workout, marked by an abundance of flashy chops and a couple of cool psychedelic passages.

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	Like most college-area jam bands, Swamp Dog has plenty of chops to go around, but often makes the mistake of substituting proficiency for content. "Sleep"'s uptempo, bass-popping groove would fit in perfectly at a noisy bar filled with binge-drinking co-eds, but the song really cries out for a decent melody (and a singer with an ounce of vocal character) to take it to the next level. Jon Wood's frantic rhythm guitar work is really annoying, and nowhere near as funky as he'd probably like it to be; but his overdriven leads show potential, and his feedback flourishes during the quiet, psychedelic passages are pretty cool. These guys claim they love the Meters -- hey, who doesn't? -- but they'd be much better off emulating that band's "less is more" philosophy, rather than Phish's hundred-notes-per-bar approach.

	*Dan Epstein*
	Dan Epstein is a Los Angeles-based journalist and pop-culture historian whose work has appeared in L.A. Weekly, BAM, Raygun, Guitar World and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. His first book, Twentieth Century Pop Culture, was published in 1999 by Carlton Books.

	Good stuff.
	Andy
	Sound quality of the track is not that good, but seems like they have a good sound going.
	Shmeilord


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