“Rock
Album of the Week: Alice Donut, Bucketfulls of Sickness
and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life.
Among the millions of suburban males who grew up with too
much Led Zeppelin during their formative years, the members
of Alice Donut have found a constructive outlet by making
music. The band’s songs combine the Zeppelin lurch
and crunch with bratty, smart-alecky, occasionally foul-mouthed
but usually right-thinking lyrics, sung in an urgent whine
by Tomas Antona. The songs ricochet from self-loathing to
bitter amusement to self-righteous annoyance (as in “Testosterone
Gone Wild”), as they bash and squall to battle a tempting
complacency." -
John Pareles, The New York Times |