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Zeus’s Busting Visions makes detour to the ’70s
The Runner | Mar 21, 2012 | Comments 0
By Chris Yee
[senior culture writer]
3.75/5 records
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As might be expected from a group that covers
Genesis on their first ever release (the 2009 EP Sounds Like Zeus), classic rock leanings are apparent
from the start of Toronto band Zeus’s latest album, Busting Visions.
Busting Visions opens with a set of ’70s period pieces: “Are You Gonna’ Waste My Time”, “Love/Pain”
and “Anything You Want Dear”, some or all of which may (or may not) be a useful primer on
distinguishing between The Guess Who and The Who.
Zeus then takes a more contemporary approach on the next two tracks, “Let it Go, Let it Go” and “Strong
Mind,” with mixed results, while the slinky “Let it Go, Let it Go” is bracingly direct, “Strong Mind”
meanders too much. Zeus ending up sounding like a second-rate copy of themselves (as Jason Collett’s
backing band, which they started out as before striking out on their own as Zeus in 2008).
Fortunately, Busting Visions rediscovers its sense of purpose when the two-track suite “Bright Brown
Opus/Love in a Game” rolls along, builds some momentum and carries the remaining half of the album
on its Meat Loaf-sized shoulders. “With Eyes Closed” returns to the 70s, sounding a lot like the Eagles,
while “Hello Tender Love” and “Messenger’s Way” sound a bit like Crazy Horse circa
Tonight’s the Night, but on anti-depressants.
Incidentally, with a bit of tweaking, “Messenger’s Way” would have made a nice transition to the last few
tracks on Busting Visions. Unfortunately, the pretty but too-short “Proud and Beautiful” was wedged in
instead and broke up the album’s continuity a bit too much.
Zeus recovers and makes one last rally after this metaphorical grinding of gears, though, and without
hesitation switches to full-on glamminess for Busting Visions’ home stretch, from “Stop the Train”
through to the album’s closer, “Now That I’ve Got You”.
In conclusion, Zeus’s Busting Visions seems to take a while to find itself, taking a few wrong turns on the
way to settling down and doing its job; one can only hope that these are just steps on the way to
something even better from these guys.
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