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Geri X. and Flatbear (Jentri Colello)
06/06/2009 9:00 PM
"Geri X's ace asset is her voice. It's a nail file to the heart, unsettling, captivating. While she has solid pitch, the singer embraces her imperfections. She's sublimely undisciplined, more concerned with pure expression than craft. Geri X inhabits her lyrics, and has a knack for making her vocals conversational even while carrying a tune. You can hear her hurt. She's by turns brash and tender, volatile and vulnerable.
On Anthems, that voice is pushed way out in front of strummed acoustic guitars, basic bass lines and distant drumming. The boys don't harmonize on the choruses, but then the choruses can be hard to determine in her intuitively penned, elliptical songs -- songs that can take a couple of listens to catch onto, songs that don't sweat rhyme schemes or follow expected chord changes.
Though the music can be opaque, even difficult at times, it has resonated profoundly with a wide array of fans from, literally, around the world."
Flatbear is the new moniker of the Madison band formerly known as Jentri Collelo.
"Here’s why Jentri Colello stirred up all that talk among local writers, record-store clerks, and show-regulars this year... Colello and band actually know how to create a mood—with grace and starkness" - THE ONION--A.V. CLUB
"One of the best things brewing in Wisconsin local music is Jentri Colello. If you’ve yet to see her at one of the venues about town or hear her gorgeous Bird of Prey EP, you’re missing out. I trust her success to continue well beyond the boundaries of the state line" --MUZZLE OF BEES
"Colello's crew builds the dramatic arc of each of her moody folk-rock tunes with startling control...when she's on, Jentri Colello takes over a room — completely." -- THE ISTHMUS
"They play some of the best music I've ever heard." --MISS THE SIGNPOST
"The band is terrific...Jentri's voice, sultry and smoky, it is absolutely hypnotic" --KIKI'S MAGICAL MUSIC REVIEWS
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