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Iwrestledabearonce
Released 2009

Black-Eyed Bush
02:28
6 plays

I'm Cold and There Are Wolves After Me
02:58
6 plays

Pazuzu for the Win
04:00
5 plays

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- 1
- You Ain't No Family
- 03:46
- 10 plays

- 2
- White Water in the Morning
- 03:51
- 4 plays

- 3
- Danger in the Manger
- 02:19
- 5 plays

- 4
- I'm Cold and There Are Wolves After Me
- 02:58
- 6 plays

- 5
- Tastes Like Kevin Bacon
- 03:19
- 11 plays

- 6
- The Cat's Pajamas
- 03:22
- 10 plays

- 7
- Pazuzu for the Win
- 04:00
- 5 plays

- 8
- Black-Eyed Bush
- 02:28
- 6 plays

- 9
- Eli Cash vs. The Godless Savages
- 03:55
- 4 plays

- 10
- See You in Shell
- 03:22
- 2 plays

album review

Is "ADD metal" a genre yet? It seems like it should be, with bands like HORSE the Band, Genghis Tron, and now Iwrestledabearonce throwing multiple styles into a big bubbling pot and coming up with a thick, gooey stew that's briefly enjoyable but leaves a nasty, greasy aftertaste. Iwrestledabearonce have a relatively commanding presence on this, their full-length debut, mostly because of frontwoman Krysta Cameron, who combines the throat-shredding screams of Landmine Marathon's Grace Perry with the sub-goth clean singing style of Evanescence's Amy Lee. The band's grindcore parts are precise and mechanistic, but indistinguishable from those of 100 or more other bands; it's only when they leap into an electro-disco interlude, or start going jazz-prog for no reason, that one's attention is piqued, and even then it's not necessarily a good thing. It's impossible to hear what they're doing and come up with a good answer to the question "OK, but why?" This kind of sonic hyperactivity and ironic eclecticism appeals to a certain narrow demographic, though, and those who can't stomach the idea of a band doing the same thing for three straight minutes will find much relief for their itchy ears. ~ Phil Freeman, All Music Guide