July 1st, 2009 at 3:09 pm by mikeyriot

Going into this show, my thoughts were pretty much along the lines of ‘this is either going to be incredible, or a complete bomb.’ I’m happy to report that I wasn’t disappointed with the set, but I wasn’t overly blown away either.

Crash Karma, consisting of Edwin (formerly of I Mother Earth), Mike Turner (Our Lady Peace), Jeff Burrows (The Tea Party) and Amir Epstein (Zygote) is probably about as close to a 90’s Can-Rock Supergroup as we’re likely to see. Bringing elements of each of their collective pasts, and mingling them together the band is incredibly tight. The tunes are solid, but there wasn’t a track that really jumped out to me as being a huge hit, maybe after a few more listens that will change.

The band tore through most of their upcoming album – which is scheduled to be released next month, with a great amount of energy and the crowd seemed to be enjoying it thoroughly. As a small nod to the past, they finished off the set with a version of the I Mother Earth track ‘One More Astronaut’.
Crash Karma @ the Horseshoe - 06/30/09

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