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Test Your Reflex cook up pop melodies flavored with alt rock experimentation, honing their very own spacey sound. It’s a sound that’s catchy, and at the same time, refreshing. Their RCA debut, The Burning Hour, channels The Shins’ indie sensibility as well as the warm, fuzzy guitar tones of early Smashing Pumpkins. It’s a tasty cornucopia of sounds that separates the Los Angeles quintet from the countless other young rock bands trying to find a happy medium between "arena" and "open mic." The album kicks off with the infectious hooks and quick build of "I’m Not Sorry." The record then segues into "Pieces of the Sun" and "Thinking of You," which embrace epic guitar resonances, while allowing singer Ryan Levine’s voice to soar.

Test Your Reflex work, because they break with convention. Andrew Ampaya’s keyboards have a dreamy, ethereal feel, while Clark’s guitar playing crunches out hook after hook. The band will definitely evolve over time as their songwriting "reflexes" evolve more, but it will come. An indication of that comes on the album’s 7-minute last track, "Painted Red," a more somber cut. Over the course of the song, the band traverses an entire soundscape that encompasses a diverse range of sounds from drone-y distortion to melodic keys. If anything, it points to a bright future. Test Your Reflex have found the right hour to burn.

—Rick Florino
04.07.08

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