Album review: Mammoth Nation's "Livestock For Sale"

Link to PDF file of published review, in June 2014 issue of Illinois Entertainer magazine. Navigate to page 14, or read review below:
http://www.joomag.com/magazine/illinois-entertainer-june-2014/0320603001401595138

If the success of Elmhurst’s The Orwells (recently hailed in the Chicago Tribune as the next big thing in rock) draws more attention to the young musicians in the Western suburbs, Mammoth Nation deserves a look. On *Livestock For Sale*, the band’s four-song EP (a fifth track is a radio friendly version), “Key This” impresses the most. It’s a Red Hot Chili Pepper-influenced jam with rapid-fire lyrics and extended axe-grinding that would make John Frusciante smile. “Intoxicated Melancholy” is up-tempo pop punk that builds to an anti-climactic alt-rock conclusion. “Underline” further proves the four-piece can write a catchy pop punk tune, and “20-20” has an understated reggae backbone.

Appearing at The Wire in Berwyn June 14.

Link to FB page: https://www.facebook.com/mammothnationIL

P 14 of June 2014 IE

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