Stuck - We're Stuck (2002)

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Title: We're Stuck
Year Of Release: 2002
Label: Sticky Mess Music [SMM-1396]
Genre: Jazz, Avant Prog
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 53:01
Total Size: 356 MB(+3%) | 125 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1. Fantastic Secret
2. Let's Get Naked
3. I Don't Understand
4. Hypnosis
5. Love Baby, Love
6. Sushi
7. One Voice
8. Her Light Part I
9. Her Light Part II
10. Mine A Little Deeper
11. Goin' Out
12. My Pet Rat
Stuck - We're Stuck (2002)

personnel :

Chisa: voice
Pat Cahill: chapman stick & trumpet
Alex Fortuit: drums & percussion
Matt Pavolka: electric & acoustic bass & trombone
with special guests: Mika Pohjola: piano (8,9
Judi Silvano: flute (11)
Loui Terrier: percussion (5,6,7,10)

With jazzy, out there semi-pop songs dominated by intricate rhythms thanks to the use of Chapman Stick in conjunction with the drums, Stuck showcase a quirky sense of humor in conjunction with excellent technical chops. Vocalist Chisa's words are generally the centerpiece around which everything else revolves; she even duets with trombone at times.
The songs are poppy and accessible, yet always with a bit of an edge. "Fantastic Secret" starts thing off with a jazzy tune, Chisa's vocals enticing the listener. The introduction, mixing rhythmic vocal chants with the combined drums-and-Chapman-Stick interplay, gives things a King Crimson feel, but then the song settles in and we encounter the band's pattern of combining complexity with appealing vocal/instrumental melodies. Chisa duets with Stick/horn player Pat Cahill and bassist/trombonist Matt Pavolka, while Alex Fortuit keeps things moving on drums. Vocal/instrumental interplay is a recurring motif on the album, whether it be rhythmic chanting in time with Cahill's Stick playing or melodic countering between Chisa and the horn section.