| "Maserati's reputation varies depending on who
you ask: They are either one of dance music's most viscerally addictive
live performers, or underground rock's most ingenious hybrid of U2's
guitar heroics, Pink Floyd's arena-ready psych rock, and Daft Punk's
head-slamming, club-burning rhythms." - RCRDLBL |
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"It’s
been four years since Maserati’s released anything, and we couldn’t be
more pumped on its new instrumental crop. If Sonic Youth were making an
amazingly-produced Kraut-rock album, they’d turn to this quartet for
advice. Listen to this loud and get blown to bits." - 8LR8R |
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| "Maserati
combine the repetitive pulse of Ash Ra Tempel and Neu! with '70s
psych-rock to create a sort of imaginary soundtrack to car chase
scenes. “Inventions...” pushes the adrenaline meter all the way to 11,
and we'll be damned if this doesn't work in both a stadium setting and
on the alternative dancefloor." - Othermusic.com |
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"The
group's first album in four years unfolds as if David Sylvian's
collaborations with Fripp were concocted under the heavy influence of
Krautrock and killer acid. Hypnotic and menacing at once, the
disc displays incredible growth within the band, and is easily their
best to date." - Stomp and Stammer Magazine |
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| "This
instrumental quartet cite '70s cosmic rock from Germany as the model
for their iridescent guitars and precisely calibrated
hypnorhythms. What they actually sound like, though, is as
non-obscure as imaginable - the world-conquering U2 of The Joshua Tree." - Blender Magazine |
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| "Headbanging never felt so good. " - Textura.org |
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| "Ever wonder what the soundtrack to a mustachio-ed '80s rebel cop film would sound like? Well, Maserati does. And that's what Inventions For the New Season,
the instrumental quartet's first album in four years, is. The record is
so expansive it begs to be described in cinematic rather than sonic
terms..." - Venus Magazine |
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| "I love post-rock as much as the next fellow.
Explosions in the Sky, Mono, Red Sparrowes… they’re all great. But
sometimes, I can’t help but feel like there’s something the genre is
kinda missing. It needs some soul, some funk. There’s no good reason a
tune can’t be epic and still groove. Fortunately, Maserati agrees.
" - Pop+Politics |
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| "Inventions for the New Season has a
noticeably different feel than past Maserati releases, eschewing the
dynamic touch-and-go for a more streamlined, cinematic and ominous
“chase scene” sound. Seriously, it is the sound of getting chased
through your own neighborhood by dudes ready to pounce. But there’s
optimism here: It’s your hood, you know the shortcuts and safety is
imminent. Needless to say, it’ll get the blood pumping. Movie theater
music with a home stereo intimacy, Maserati have returned and are ready
to tear shit apart; sometimes with a gentle touch, others with a battle
axe to the chest." - ScissorKick.com |
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| "Cut adrift when Kindercore Records went dormant a few years ago, this
Athens, Georgia, band took the separation in stride. Since then, their
musicianship and songwriting have evolved, resulting in a more
deliberate and energetic style that evokes a broader range of
experience. On this, their first new album in four years, Maserati gets
everything right." - Brainwashed.com |
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"Smooth-riding sex rock" - Rolling Stone Magazine |
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| "As
far as the crowd going crazy, Maserati took the cake. No contest. I saw
people LITERALLY doing the 'we're not worthy' move from Wayne's World
at the end of the show. They're an instrumental line up who put the
drums in the front, lots of delay, and they're really intense and
dynamic. People didn't even go this crazy with some of the bigger
bands. Kiss would be jealous of an audience responce like they
got." - Buzznet.com |
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| "I have never been one to steer clear of hyperbole, and so it is with
great pride and conviction that I embark on this over- the-top
endorsement of what may well be the greatest band to ever call Athens
home. From their early days as post-emo-reformed-math experimenters,
Maserati showed promise, but with last year's addition of dynamo Jerry
Fuchs (who for my money is the greatest living rock drummer), the group
embraced the misunderstood and oft-maligned universe of psychedelic
rock, introducing a healthy dose of Pink Floyd and Can to their already
compelling prog-punk mix. Drunk on the power of this newfound
experimental freedom, Maserati continues to evolve in ways their
built-in hipster audience might not fully appreciate but lovingly laps
up all the same." - Athens Banner-Herald |
