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• Artist: The Young Antiques
• Album: Clockworker
• Label: Two Sheds
• Year of Release: 2003
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• Reviewed by: jparker on 2003-10-17

Some young rock bands are full of ideas but have no chops. Atlanta's Young Antiques are a three-piece with amazing chops, tight timing and strong vocals, like they've been playing tons of live shows. I get the impression they could pull off some awesome cover versions. Clockworker is a short album (25 minutes) but shows some promising ideas. Opener "The Winning Season" is a great start, sounding like a less-slick Jayhawks. "Porcelain" (why the hell are there so many songs about porcelain?) and "Adore" are uptempo rockers played with enthusiasm - imagine a sober Replacements, trying really hard. "Little to the Left" is positively anthemic, somewhere between the Replacements and the '70s stomp-rock of Grand Funk Railroad. "Radio Kill Radio" is a power-chord boogie but it's a little predictable, both in the lyrics and the chord progressions. The two short instrumentals, "Clockworker" and "Bugle Abuse" seem kind of throwaway - it seems like they missed an opportunity to stretch out and experiment. Clockworker is the sound of a band finding itself. Get these boys thinking outside of the standard rock n' roll box, and perhaps away from the gigs for awhile, and they could really go somewhere special.

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