Album Reviews

Does it ever seem like the heart of rock and roll has lost its beat? With each passing year in music history, popular bands seem to be getting further and further away from the groundbreaking ancestry of acts like Led Zeppelin and The Who, or even retro revivalists The Vines and the All American Rejects, brushing aside timelessness in favor of timeliness.
Not so for bold new foursome Stereo Motion (www.stereo-motion.com), who not only recognize the need for a rock and roll revolution, but are ready to start it themselves. With an electrifying collision of rock's historic roots and modern alternative texturing, combined with impeccable lyrical and musical craftsmanship, the group's self-titled debut is sure to get listeners' fists in the air and ears ringing with admiration.

Producer Jason Burkum (Audio Adrenaline, The Swift) stretched this budding band musically as well by recording all of the album's basic tracks live in the studio instead of leaving the project floundering amid a sea of artificial overdubs. As a result, both Stereo Motion's vocals and instrumentation can be heard with the ardor and fervency that can only be captured in the heat of the moment, rather than the stuffy and sterile studio sounds that abound in modern-day mixes.

That raw energy and spontaneous emotion Bryan speaks of so intently spews out of the disc's dozen trailblazing cuts, giving Stereo Motion instant credibility. Beyond just talking the talk or simply seeping from the radio, the members of Stereo Motion are ready to blast straight onto a concert stage near you. "Now it's time to for us to act," says Bryan, "bringing our philosophies and these songs wherever the road may take us."
~hybridstudios.co.uk

When the members of Phat Chance announced their decision to change names and highlight a musical direction more in keeping with their original vision for the band, I don't think anyone quite imagined this.

Now rebirthed under the new (and better) moniker Stereo Motion, the guys have gone to great lengths to ensure that no one will ever mistake them for a boy-band again. They hired the talented Jason Burkham to beef up their sound, and poured a lot of thought into defining themselves as not just another band. The result is a roaring trip to 1970s rock & roll that is as different from their last album as anything you could imagine.

The emphasis on Stereo Motion is definitely on heavy-duty electric guitar licks, as nearly every song is built around a big guitar riff. This is thunderous rock & roll of the loudest order -- the kind we rarely get anymore. Lyrically, the group writes more in an everyday language this time out, that should be accessible to Christians and non-Christians alike. Yet it isn't watered down -- every track has an underlying spiritual connotation. Topics range from experiencing dry seasons with God and praying for God's guidance in finding one's mate, to simpler concepts that are easier to rock-out to.

Stereo Motion paves the way for a new beginning for this group that can only be described as bold. The group's existing fans may be alienated by this radical new direction, but plenty of new ones are likely to sign on thanks to their unusually well-defined sense of originality and style.
~freshreleases.com