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1.
The Real Deal
2. Could Have Been
3. That's How It Feels
4. Pez Dispenser
5. The Movement
6. Turning Around
7. Cabal (Addict)
8. The Illusion
9. A Very Rational Conversation
10. The Way That A Cow Does
11. Reality Check
Limited-edition
re-issue of 1997's underground electronic-industro-rock hybrid
Secret Army, from New York City. Now defunct, the band started
a buzz in the late 90's, packing local venues like Webster Hall
& CBGB's. Secret Army performed at the University of Massachusetts
in 1996, & North By Northeast Music Festival in Toronto 1999,
before disbanding in mid-2000.
While their loyal fans await a reunion, this now-classic album
is all that remains....
Recorded raw in Brooklyn, NY in 1997 - engineered by Ron Thal.
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"Secret Army may have just sent electronic music back several
decades as far as musical evolution with the release of It's
Just a Container. Not only do they attempt to mix together
Funk, Jazz, and other Groove elements, but they also threw in
Disco, Synth-Pop, and Wave, thereby creating a collection of
some of the most atrocious genres of music ever written. On
top of it all, they throw in Porn samples, lounge music, guitars,
and modern Dance elements to create this bizarre Pop hybrid
of just about every conceivable electronic genre in existence.
Unfortunately, I can see how the Alternative and Pop music press
will eat this band up as the next new hit act. Today's popular
music acts seems to all be going through the electronic hybridization
that has given us such annoying acts as Beck and Bjork. I can't
understand why the credit carrying public enjoy this type of
music because it is painful to listen to, but no matter the
reason, I predict Secret Army will join the same ranks, no matter
how atrocious I may consider their music to be."
- Sonic Boom (1998)
"A
meandering societal kaleidoscope, rock with an electronic base.
Tons of samples used almost as much as vocals, with plenty of
musical musings. Kinda like an extremely trippy Chemlab with
even more reliance on assembled sonic bits and pieces.
What's truly impressive is the musical range exhibited. Secret
Army can morph from hardcore industrial to something in the
ambient realms to clubby techno stuff, all without sounding
like much of a stretch. In fact, if there is a problem, it's
that the band hasn't really defined itself very well at all.
But I take this disc as a journey of sonic exploration and everything
that comes with such an excursion. The parts don't necessarily
fit when placed right next to each other, but taken as whole
the project is rather fulfilling.
Fun
and substantial. Secret Army has assembled a disc full of attractive
and complex electronic pieces. A mess at times, but a well-ordered
one, in any case. Wowsers."
- Aiding & Abetting (1998) |
