Beautifully eclectic, refreshingly original
How do you make the emo-kid, the accoustic puritan and the punk-rocker happy? The Offshore Electric Company may just have the solution. Lepinski's warm, honey-like vocal lyrics (reminiscent of Ben Folds or Dallas Green) juxtaposed with Akaoka's aggressive to the point vocals (think Finger Eleven's Anderson) makes the album rich in melody and expression. With finely crafted guitar, Rooke's steady bass imaginings and Cohen's dynamic innovation on the drums, OEC provides a versatile and consistently impressive album. Cohen's presence is especially refreshing in songs such as A Year Spent Underwater where his beats add a sharp, urgent flavour, delivering anything but the standard drum sound. The lyric-lover will find refuge in Lepinski's softly uttered lines like "everything I said, I meant it" or lose themselves in deceptively simple lines like "where we go, there's no coming home from." Whatever your taste, The OEC may just satisfy your cravings. . .
