Artist: Visqueen
Album: Message to Garcia
Released: September 2009
Label: Local 638 Records
Genre: alternative rock / punk pop
Purchase date: 07 Jan 2010
Source: emusic.com
I guess it goes back to the alternative grrl bands of the '90s, but I've always had a fondness for female-fronted rock. Hailing from Seattle, Rachel Flotard is the creative force and frontwoman of Visqueen, an extremely talented pop punk trio. Their third album, Message to Garcia loosely chronicles Flotard's relationship with her father during his long battle with terminal cancer and Alzheimer's. The album isn't a concept album in any sense, but the songs do paint a picture of love, loss, frustration, and ultimately the beauty of the human condition.
But you don't need to know the backstory to rock out to the driving guitars, catchy hooks, and the sheer joy of Flotard's confident and emotive vocals. Visqueen's sound is something like Janis Joplin fronting Green Day. Standout tracks include "Hand Me Down," "Ward," and "Beautiful Amnesia." This is a record that I find myself coming back to again and again, and was one of my favorite albums of 2009.
Rating: A
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