HOT PRESS
23/09/04
Reviewed by: Tanya Sweeney
Rating 9.5/10

Having added such a forcefully new dimension to
proceedings here in Ireland its hard to believe that I Am Brazil
is TRM's first full lenght album proper.

On their previous releases, Thirtysixstrings and Cut Off Your
Heart From Your Head, the Redneck Manifesto heralded the
promise of great things to come, and fortunately that potential
has now been gloriously fulfilled. Their tight sound has become
impressively expansive, melding pockets of apocalyptic noise
with space-age ambient licks. Also on record for the first time
is newcomer Neil O'Connor who, as an alumus of The Connect
Four Orchestra and Somadrome, has somehow brought an even
more wonderfully uncompromising quality to the band's overall
sensibility.

Drawing you into the lull of their Stereolab - tinged drone, they
pull the rug out from under you in a deft, unexpected change in
temp/temper. 'Hibernation Statement' with its cathartic rhythm,
is hypnotically beautiful, yet immediately one lurches into the
seething violence of 'Break Your Fingers Laughing'. The stirring,
sometimes dramatic instrumental narrative of I Am Brazil, as
played out with little more than five instruments, manages to
evoke, inspire and excte more than most albums gilded with
reams of verse.

For those of you who figured it impossible to find references to
Fugazi, Superchunks and Sonic Youth in one band, TRM prove that
anything is possible. Look no further than I Am Brazil for
conformation.

IRISH TIMES
24/09/2004
Reviewed by: Tony Clayton-Lea
Rating 3/5

With a profile in Ireland as low as a dachshund's belly, it's a
wonder that Dublin band Redneck Manifesto have managed to
survive the past two-year pogrom of inventiveness and lightness
touch. Yet here they are with their third album, another mostly
instrumental work of calm, violence and ingenuity. It won't be to
everyone's tastes, but gathered here are the spirits of Can,
Kraftwerk, Black Flag, Brian Eno, and Sterolab; occasionally
obtuse, infrequently frustrating and strategically on the money,
Redneck Manifesto have fashioned a good-cop / bad-cop
soundtrack for an un-made movie by David Fincher, the title of
which can be cogged from their own track listing: Good With
Tempos

THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE
26/09/2004
Reviewed by: EDEL COFFEY
Rating 4/5



The Redneck Manifesto release their third album, I Am Brazil, a
technically brilliant album, with songs made up of melodic jazz
moments shattered beautifully by blasts of apocalyptic
distortion, then skillfully pieced back together again. The new
addition of keyboards is a low-key presence, although it shines
on 'Take On Us' and 'Who Knows?'. This album is full of melodies
and mind bending patterns, but there are still some rock moments
on 'Another Day Of Hunting' and 'Break Your Fingers Laughing'.


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Reviewed by: Sinead Gleeson
Rating 3/5

This is the third album from a Dublin band consistently
pushing things forward musically. Experimental without leaving
the listener behind, the composition is clever and original. The
addition of keyboards to the bass/drum/two guitar line-up adds
a warm tone to these tracks, which is more low-key than earlier
work. These boys like their trashy guitars too ('Break Your Fingers
Laughing') but generally TRM favour layers of sound that build
subtly, as on the pensive and brilliant 'Hibernation Statement'.
The only thing about Redneck Manifesto albums is that they just
don't capture what the band is capable of live. At the launch of
this album recently, they oozed energy, even on the quieter tracks,
not least because of Richie Egan's admission that he'd been
scoffing caffeine tablets from Boots. They're frantic to watch but
it's all orchestrated to a tee. No one does the slow-fast-slow
stuff as well as they do.

We say: Staggeringly good music to let your mind wander to…