Comments for TENT ( CHUCK TREECE ), TRANSFORM

CHUCK TREECE ex- McRAD, Bad Brains, The Goats, Underdog, compiled 10 songs together for TENT TRANSFORM. These Songs areinfluenced by a life of music. This is Chucks solo effort #3, following Dreamin (caroline records) and Happy Birthday (215 Records). Imagine if you put Bricks and fabric softner in adryer on permanent press for 30 minutes.. its somethin like daT.

TENT TRANSFORM - s/t CD (Akhenation) Tent Transform is the new project name of NY's underground bass legend Chuck Treece. Whether playing bass on classic hardcore albums, as well as slapping chords for The Roots, being an old bassist myself I have admired Treece's skills and output thus far. This self-titled CD is no different, and as an extra he also plays guitars, and gives us his rarely heard voice. He sings pretty decent, but I'd like to hear his roar. But I understand... he's not an angry man. The songs are a good mix of Bad Brains-esque punk-funk, post-hardcore and indie-rock. "Alone" is the best example of this. "Pretty" is an awesome track, filtering elements of Jamaican dub, hard rock and even some almost-drum-n-bass beats (through a live drummer). "A Look" is an experimental mix of ambient tones with guitar licks, feedback and spoken word. "See It" is the heaviest song on the record, but far from the best. My only complaint is that the recording is terrible. I can hardly hear the guitars, sometimes the bass, and the vocal effects they're trying pull off are not working (ie - back and forth from one speaker to another). I understand the DIY ethic very much, but bands like Pavement can get a great sound from a 4 track, so I don't see why Chuck couldn't either. In all honesty I would rather look at this as a demo, and hope it gets the royal remixing and re-mastering it so thoroughly deserves. (Feb 28, 2003)