Visqueen will play Rocket Club on May 26

Jason Sandford

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Visqueen is starting a new tour and will hit the Rocket Club in Asheville on May 26. Here’s what folks are saying about the band’s album out last year, Message to Garcia:

“The band is so fun; it sounds a little like Neko Case and Joan Jett, and there’s nothing wrong with that.” 

STEPHEN THOMPSON, NPR naming the album “The Biggest Suprise of the Year”

 

“It’s a warm-hearted, hardworking album, pushed forward at a breakneck power-pop pace by whalloping drums and grinding, giddy guitars, clearly uninterested in wasting any single second of anyone’s time.”

RACHAEL MADDUX, PASTE

 

“From the disc’s opening blast, “Hand Me Down,” to its crashing coda 10 songs later, “Jimmy vs. James,” the music is insistent, urgent, thrilling. There are no wasted notes, no flash distractions.”

JOE HEIM, WASHINTON POST

 

“A rock n roll triumph.”

ARI SHAPIRO, NPR MORNING EDITION

 

“the fact that their third album, Message To Garcia, can win over cautious and caustic critics makes Flotard’s juggling act even more remarkable. Even conservative CNN hails it as one of 2009’s top three records.” 

MICHAEL BIALAS, HUFFINGTON POST

 

“The crunchy, urgent power-pop of “Hand Me Down” opens the album on a particularly auspicious note, as crunchy guitars and Flotard’s incomparable voice simultaneously destroy and mesmerize.”

BARBARA MITCHELL, NPR SONG OF THE DAY

 

“Top three records of the year.” 

PETER GRUMBINE, LIVE ON CNN