This ultra-eclectic Chicago ensemble branches out far beyond it’s R&B-based, adult-contempo roots on Test Pattern, incorporating a craftily assembled soundscape of trancy eastern tones and catchy, soulful melodies.
Erik “Eski” Scott is the perfect artist for the group’s many moods, delivering dreamy medium-register drones, sweet fretless counter-melodies, down-and-dirty swamp boogie, plaintive double-stop ostinati, and everything else the band’s lushly arranged compositions call for.
Bill Leigh, Bass Player Sept. 2004
