All Music Guide by Joslyn Layne

Tuesday, October 30th, 2001

Excerpt: The band's consistently melancholy, pretty, mostly instrumental music would not be out of place on Montreal's Constellation label (home to Godspeed You Black Emperor! and offshoot projects).

Artist The Tundra Survey
Album Title Cracked Radiator, Bum Transmission
Date of Release 2001
AMG Rating ***
Genre Rock
Tones Melancholy, Bittersweet, Wistful, Reflective, Yearning
Styles Post-Rock/Experimental

AMG REVIEW
Cracked Radiator, Bum Transmission is the debut full-length from the Tundra Survey. The band’s consistently melancholy, pretty, mostly instrumental music would not be out of place on Montreal’s Constellation label (home to Godspeed You Black Emperor! and offshoot projects). Sad and gentle atmospheric tunes are delivered by a lineup of viola, cello, flute/xylophone, electric guitar, and electric bass. The instrumentation and the music’s endearingly heartbroken tentativeness is likely to remind listeners of Rachel’s or the Boxhead Ensemble, although not as accomplished as either. — Joslyn Layne

SONGS/TRACKS
1. Delta - 6:56
2. Flooded Hours - 4:01
3. Leaning Over Fault Lines - 5:15
4. September 31st - 4:03
5. Falling Still - 8:09
6. In Case the Weather Turns - 1:58
7. Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense System - 6:19
8. Handset Sirens - 3:31

CREDITS
T.W. Walsh - Mastering
The Tundra Survey - Band, Design, Assembly
Mary Claire Kueber - Cello, Group Member
Andy Wagner - Flute, Xylophone, Group Member
Emily Frank - Viola, Group Member
Tom McGettrick - Bass, Group Member
Josh Dumas - Guitar, Group Member
Rich Jun - Cover Image, Cover Drawing

ALBUM RELEASES
2001 CD Tense Forms TFS004

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