Audio Out Send
...OR DOES IT EXPLODE?
(A Flashcard Project Recording)

  It's always good to see local bands you thought were dead, come back years later, all grown up and ready to kick your ass. So it goes with Audio Out Send, the group formerly known as Lazybones, who have spent the last three years evolving into the talented indie rock band we now hear on their creatively titled full-length album ...or does it explode?

There are some great tunes here, with a broad range of musical technique and atmosphere, especially the psychedelic distortion-laced "Radio Elevator Rising" and "Calling On the Girls," mellow semi-acoustic "Rolling Heads" and seaside piano dirge "of the Luckiest Alive." Fans of The Rum Diary, Death Cab for Cutie, or just about anything on the Slowdance label will immediately fall in love with this album. Even the 'B-side' tracks are catchy and well arranged, which is a very nice surprise, since most bands coming straight out of the gate with an 11-track album, really only have an EP's worth of passable material and the rest is repetitive filler. Not Audio Out Send. This is a sturdy piece of professional craftsmanship through and through, and only goes to show that sometimes good things are worth waiting for.