Blogs/Online reviews for Sine Wave Sea
Eartaste
It's difficult to find ways to cool down on Friday evenings when it's 102 degrees. Brice manages to help me at least dream of being cool with the percussion that begins this track. It feels like the North Pole is invading south Texas, in a good way, however short a time it lasts. It's rock, but not the 4/4 dance beat – we're off kilter here in a very interesting juxtaposition of rhythms. The voice comes from deep in a refrigerator, softly blowing from "sixty miles away." It's there, it's obvious, emoting more than discussing. The bass playing really pulls the dance upward through the humidity and beyond. Seek out the track, it's worth the search; but I bet the live show is probably a blast also. The shoutout is Pulses, which has a slower mixture of rhythms, and a totally different flavor. Tasty. Eartasty.

CW's Blog, cdreviewer.com
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
By C.W. Ross
Are you looking to spread your music horizons? Then the latest release from Brice Woodall +The Positrons entitled, Sine Wave Sea is for you.
This unique group is lead by Brice Woodall (guitar, lead vocals, drum machine, hand claps) and The Positrons band is made up of, Steve Barber (bass, vocals), Josh Scolaro (guitar, vocals), Gregg Brooks (drums, percussion) and Mark Crabtree (piano, synth.).
You can get a feel for the band's quirky side by reading their MySpace list of influences that include, Akira, Miyazaki, the newspaper, wine on Thursday nights, 4 track recording devices, Chicago, DC, Richmond, drugs (not anymore), family, friends, camp, Night of the Living Dead, Akira Kurosawa's movies, Murakami, the weather, Wii, negative temperatures, the sun, lost mediums.
The 11 tracks found on Sine Wave Sea are a mixture of alternative rock mixed with heavy doses of experimenting via synth, and electronic sounds set with catchy melodies.
Lead singer Brice Woodall vocals are filled with a somber, moody tone that creates a bit of a foreboding tone to them that matches up well with the songs.
My favorite tracks were, "Outside Blurring," "Winter/Break/Down/Away," and "This, There, Where." On "This, There, Where," I really liked the heavy beats and just right mixture of alt. rock and sound experimenting that's found on it.
If you're tired of the same-old music and looking for something a little bit different then you need to checkout Brice Woodall +The Positrons' Sine Wave Sea.
Also if you happen to see these guys be sure to give them a quick hug so that they can accomplish their goal of giving out 1,000,000 hugs by 2009.

Smother Magazine
Haunting vocals that instantly recall Thom Yorke ballads, Brice Woodall and the Positrons boost the fray with electronica, organic indie pop, and sweet soundscapes dripping with honeydew guitars and sober percussion. Steve Barber played the role of bassist, engineer, and producer on "Sine Wave Sea" at the Freezer Studio in Richmond, Virginia. Emotionally charged pop vocals dole out the light jabs of perfectly gemmed indie pop while the songwriting carries off your body into a new environment. Perfect.

www.babbleandbeat.com
Brice Woodall & The Positrons will be unleashing their new album this fall, 'Sine Wave Sea'. After hearing 'Redwoods' from their last album and the new track 'Winterbreakdownaway', we can't wait for fall to hit! 'Nova Scotia' isn't a shabby song by any means either. You can give them all a listen by visiting HERE.
Are they coming to a town near you? Tour dates can be found at the above link as well.



weheartmusic.vox.com
Check out Brice Woodall and the Positrons with their album, Sine Wave Sea. The artwork on the cover is a flying bird block with a whole in its stomach. I know it's a bird because if you visit the artist's website (trevorbittinger.com) his all-flash website features these same block birds flying around.
Brice Woodall is currently based out of Chicago, Illinois, according to his myspace. Woodall's vocals has a woman quality to them, but not in a falsetto way (and not as a put down). His voice is very interesting, it definitely pulls you in.
I think my favorite songs off this album is easily "This, There, Where", a pop song with some interesting mix. I also dug the experiment on "Winter/Break/Down/Away".
Well, it looks like they are currently on tour, be sure to check them out.

http://thefirenotefiredrills.blogspot.com
Really smooth laid back album from Brice Woodall that mixes indie pop, a dash of electronic and a whole lot of heart. Sine Wave Sea is glued together with Woodall's somewhat haunting vocals that create a surreal atmosphere throughout the record. Brice Woodall is a new artist that has paid his dues and won several awards in the independent music scene over the years – check out why!
Key Track: "Outside Blurring"


RVA Mag
Brice lives in Chicago. His band, The Positrons, live in Richmond. They record by emailing each other tracks. They practice with Brice's vocal tracks pre-recorded. But you would never guess any of this by seeing their perfectly gelled stage performance. Brice and the Positrons create a smooth, textured, intricate sound. Their catchy, melodic songs are highlighted with powerful vocals, acoustic guitar, electronic beats, and live drums.

Style Weekly
Brice Woodall and the Positrons at Toad's Place
Staking a claim to a new genre of pop music, Science Rock, former Richmonder and now Chicago native, Woodall and band will be celebrating the release of their new CD, Sine Wave Sea.

The Mad Artist
When I first saw Brice Woodall live in spring 2007 as a solo performer, in appearance and demeanor he seemed to be another folksy coffeehouse singer/songwriter. Then the music began and the audience was taken into a world of Radiohead-like electronics and rock style acoustic guitar.

Sine Wave Sea, on Columbia College's AEMMP Records, is a bolder move into the electronica/rock blend, and captures the Woodall live experience better than the preceding release Feathery Trigger. The Positrons (Josh Scolaro, Steve Barber, Gregg Brooks, Mark Crabtree, and Adam Cisney (on "Random King")) propel the updated sound with heavy beats, ghostly keys, and guitar effects underpinning Woodall's acoustic work.

The artist himself admitted to some "middle loading" during the making of this record, and after multiple nights listening to it, I tend to agree. It's hard to break away from the great track two, "Random King." The song's hooks and melody, along with its building tribal-like rhythm, lodge into a listener's head and become the day's soundtrack.

But one is rewarded for moving on with a stretch of tracks like "Nova Scotia," "Winter/Break/Down/Away," and "Morning Tricks." For example, "Nova Scotia" shows off the ensemble's expert quiet/loud dynamics, while "Winter . . ." might be the best representation of Woodall and the band's live intensity.

Not that the "bookend" tracks are slouches--"Pulses" and "Breathe In" are respectable, ambient-tinged ways to usher listeners in, and escort them out of, the Sine Wave Sea experience. They're also not in the same league with Feathery Trigger's opening "Redwoods" and closing "Passing with Regrets."

Still, this is the type of release in which your favorite track may not be the same as mine, and that's a definite strength. Even in the digital audio age of downloading only a single or two from a release, Sine Wave Sea is worth sailing for the full audio journey, especially for alternative rock and electronic music fans.

My grade: A-

esdmusic.com
They've been compared to Radiohead and Wilco, but the only thing Brice Woodall and the Positrons really have in common with either of those bands is that you never really know what they're going to do next – chords, melodies, and beats are all relative down here in the Sine Wave Sea, and trying to piece together a cogent narrative out of the lyrics is not for the faint of heart. But if they're guilty of occasionally being too cute for their own good, they're at least original, and how many times can you say that in pop music? Although it's hard not to wish they'd stop trying so hard once in a while, or at least come up with something resembling a hook, it's equally difficult not to respect all the hard work and/or large amounts of interplanetary travel that must have gone into these 11 songs. You can't dance to it, and it's only pop music in the loosest sense of the term – in fact, it's hard to determine just what kind of music it is – but if you're in the mood to drop in and get way out, you could certainly do worse than Sine Wave Sea. (AEMMP 2008)

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The third date of the tour was to be in Baltimore, MD at a club called the 8x10 Tuesday January 23^rd, 2007. The Positrons (Josh, Joel, Mark and Steve) and I were all in our full sized Ford Econoline with trailer attached and already over the Maryland state line (and already into our 25^th story of poo) when Josh, the driver/guitar player, noticed something about the way the right side of the van was driving. Being in the passenger seat, I cocked the side mirror down to a low angle so I could view the tire in the rear right position to see if we were riding on a low tire or (in the worst case scenario) going to have to pull over and change the tire because of a flat(btw, there was no spare). Josh, worried about the wheel, asked me to describe the tire and the best I could do was lay my hand flat and wobble it side to side and say "It looks like this(cue hand wobble)." "That makes no sense", was his reply to my ridiculous description and he told me to lean out for a better look. Hoping that we had previously just been venturing over a rough patch in the Baltimore/Washington Parkway, I stretched out of the window for a better view. "Okay. What does it look like?" Josh asked again, hoping for a clearer picture on this looming disaster. Once again I replied, "It looks like this….." going again to the wobble hand as my only form of describing the strange site.  Oh so close to our exit, we all held our breath, crossed our fingers and prayed we could make it to the club which was only 5 miles away according to the Mapquest directions. After a one lane, walled exit ("Holy shit this would be a bad spot", I thought), we swooped down to a regular street where we felt the jolt. And here is what we heard.- ***[Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled omomatopœia) is a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as "bang" or "click", or animal such as "moo", "oink", "quack", or "meow".]****-"WWammmm!, kkkkkerrrrrrrrrrcchhhkikkikkkikkikkk!, wonk!,vwonk!, kkkkerrrrcckkkkkkkkkkkk-k-hck-krerrbbbchhh"(does that fulfill the definition?). As our tire rolled ahead of our carriage at 35mph we dragged our 3 wheel van and two wheel trailer to a complete stop in the right hand lane of the busy Baltimore street. All five of us stood on the sidewalk scratching our heads for a good 7 minutes trying to think of what our options were at that juncture. Luckily, Mark tracked down the wheel but replacing it to the drum where the ripped-in-half bolts remained made the quick fix absolutely impossible. It was around the 10^th minute that I remembered why I was paying Cingular an extra $5 a month……Roadside Assistance! So thanks to the kind and patient (you have to be to deal with my mumble/stutter style of talking) customer service operator Melissa, the tow truck was in route to our rescue and the gig and truck were eventually saved.

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***We would have never made our set time if it weren't for the club owner Brian. He came to the repair shop and hauled our gear in his pick up truck and gave the equipment a much needed shelter for the night. Also, we need to thank Jasmine eternally for transporting the Positrons and I and all of our luggage in what was possibly the smallest compact car in the northern hemisphere to her hotel where we were able to sleep and shower. And the kind hearted soul did it all over again the following morning before her job training so that we could once again be united with our stink wagon, trailer and its place of repair.

A picture of the van in its sad state is in my pic section.

This was a song a wrote in 2001 and the video was done by Trevor Bittinger who did the album art for "Trouble on the Land" and the new album "Feathery Trigger".

http://www.vimeo.com/clip:121446

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHCUUdXlBTM

IMWS(NE).....The Knitting Factory....NYC.......Oct. 20, 2005....With Steve Barber on bass and Rich Stine on guitar.....5 other amazing bands......Holy shit......Nick Nolte making out with a 25 year old at a bar afterwards.......street ninjas.......WTF.....Grand Prize...Starting new cd which is basically paid for thanks to the prize.....Spin publisher voted for us.......WORD!!!!!.
brice woodall

Thursday 9/29 I will be featured as 1 of 15 artists on woxy.com's first unsigned program. Go to www.woxy.com for times and to listen. The podcast is set for Friday 9/30. Other artists included are Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Preston Wilson.