Moving Units: Hexes for Exes

Moving Units: Hexes for Exes The sophomore effort for Los Angeles dance punk band, Moving Units is not stylistically different from their debut three years ago. Moving Units take a holy-than-art-thou attitude to their music. They refer to it as "inspired music in an uninspired music scene". Anyone with a trained ear can make immediate comparisons however. Their sound is very much like the Faint, Rapture, or Shiny Toy Guns. So where do they get off saying they're so inspired? There is a certain luster to Moving Units though. For all those fans of the Faint who thought they really dropped off in quality after Dance Macabre, Moving Units seems to give you a healthy alternative. Hexes for Exes utilizes programmed beats and is heavy of synthesizers. Really only one song on the album features the guitar as the main instrument and that is "Wrong Again" Easily one of the best tracks on the album, it's hook is impeccable and it breaks up the drone of synthesizers that by that point in the album is already wearing on the listeners ears. In the end, I would not call this music extremely unique or amazing. There is something to be said about music that is just fun and dancy. That is what Moving Units is to me, fun and dancy. Rating: 6.7/10 MP3: Moving Units "Wrong Again"