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Mountain Movers arguably are the perfect band for all the true InchheadsInch out there. The New Haven quartet have been at it for 15 years, and the InchnewestInch lineup (now at it for well over a decade; vocalist/guitarist Dan Greene, bassist Rick Omonte, guitarist Kryssi Battalene and drummer Ross Menze) have firmly grasped what it takes to fry brains; achingly beautiful melodies buoyed by a life raft of white-hot guitar scree and mind-melting feedback. InchWorld What WorldInch is the band's eighth album and third for Trouble In Mind Records. InchWorld What WorldInch is the newest chapter of the group's continued explorations and efforts to refine their sound. The lyrics of InchWorld What WorldInchs songs all imply a protagonist on a quest; the title itself is an implied query with no question mark; is it a question, or a statement?. The one-two punch of opener InchI Wanna See The SunInch and InchFinal SunsetInch lay out what's in store; Crazy Horse-inspired sandpaper melodies sit comfortably next to improvised, PSF-influenced six-string ragers. The group performs together effortlessly and telepathically, subverting the loud/quiet/loud dynamic that has saturated independent music since the late-Eighties. The loud parts and quiet parts are like waves; indistinguishable from each other, creating a fluid dynamism and intensity that swallows the listener up in it's current, sweeping it toward oblivion. Hyperbole, you say? Watch out for midway through InchThen The MoonInch when the tune's lilting waltz pivots into a casually blistering solo by Battalene before fading into the melancholic InchHaunted EyesInch - beckoning you with a mournful sidelong glance. Side Two opens with InchStaggering With A LanternInch, an elegant, lumbering instrumental improvisation again showcasing the synergistic shredding of the group's guitarists. The sticky lyrical hooks and sideways jangle
