CURTAIL – ALL YOUR LUCK

Recorded and produced by guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Ben Hendricks in his Akron home studio-and mixed and mastered by Tim Gerak (Six Parts Seven) in Denver at his Mammoth Cave Studios-the record contains plenty of ’90s touchstones: distortion-ashed guitars, tightly wound hooks and intricate rhythms. Built to Spill, mellower The Dismemberment Plan and early Promise Ring are certainly sonic touchstones. But what separates All Your Luck from other releases is Curtail’s songwriting vision and commitment to digging beyond superficial ’90s rock signifiers.