Just One Bite (theatrical indie prog rock, good for humans and zombies):
Here Review:
"Everyone has influences. Some people have influences that are obvious. The Unbearables have so many obvious influences packed into one album that the obviousness of the influences is completely irrevelant in context of the greater package. I mean, really - does it really matter if there's a little too much Weezer influence on an album that is named Just One Bite: Selections from "Bitten!: a Zombie Rock Odyssey"?
Yes, you read that correctly. This CD is a concept album about zombies. But wait, there's more! These songs are only selections of a greater amount of songs that comprised an entire stage show. That's right. The Unbearables sat down and wrote a rock musical about a zombie invasion.
Not only did they write a musical about zombies, they outfitted the arrangements with much more than your normal rock ensemble. From the Zombie Girls Choir (which makes several astounding good - and astoundingly amusing - contributions to the album) to jubilant trumpet and trombone parts to spacey synths to tambourines, flugelhorns, farfisa and much more, this album is chock-full of intelligent arrangements that bring to mind more of a Sufjan Stevens style than pompous and kitschy musical theatre arrangements. The high-mindedness of their endeavors would fall flat on its face, however, if it weren't for the immense talent that the Unbearables bring to the table in the guitar/bass/drums arena. Like I said, there is a little bit too much Weezer influence in the fact that the guitars sound more like dinosaurs stomping through the world than zombies overtaking it, but the precision with which the drums and bass back up the domineering guitar lines is what takes the good songwriting and turns it into stellar songwriting."
Steve Carradini, Independent Clauses
Get Hit(Fast and happy pop rock for punks who should have been doing it in the early 60s, and others):
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"The Unbearables combine 60's British Invasion and garage melodies with a punk energy to produce their danceable, poppy sound that has developed a loyal following around Austin. Their debut LP, Get Hit, presents the songs upon which The Unbearables have built their following in a tightly produced package. Depending on the track, Marshall Escamilla and Ian LeClair trade lead vocals duties, the blend of LeClair's scream-singing and Escamilla's smoother tone being one of the immediately noticeable trademarks of the band. The rhythm section, Tim O'Connell on drums and Harrison Speck on bass, provides a persistent bouncing beat as a backbone to this relentlessly danceable album."
Joaquin Black
The Austin Independant
Rock EP (Some new exciting indie power-pop hard rocking nuggets for your ears):
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"I don't know where the Khabele School is or who started it, but that place has an undeniable vibe.
I can't hear what Marshall Escamilla and Ian LeClair are singing, and I don't care.
I don't think anyone is capable of writing a song about parking meters that's this cool.
I hear snippets of unintelligble phrases and words like 'right now' and I'm happy.
Most songs should be no longer than 2:12. Didn;t take that long.
I feel confident that EPs like this might save us from eternal damnation."
Mat Herron
The Louisville Eccentric Observer