THE DARKEST of the HILLSIDE THICKETS
Spaceship Zero

"The story of Spaceship Zero is that of getting lost in outer space and having to find their way home. This is all caused by the ship's "Better-Than-Light Drive" that takes them to the furthest reaches of the universe. It's all about the music anyway and man, are DOTHT creative. They even manage to pull off a song about an algebra equation. Even without the movie premise this holds up as a quality record with some very catchy tracks." — Music Emissions

"Only this band of merry weirdos would record a soundtrack to the late '70s cult television show, Spaceship Zero, 25 years after the fact, complete with hilarious CD art depicting the band as characters in the show. For those in the dark about the Thickets, and surely there are many, this group began in Maple Ridge, BC in the mid-'90s and have since stupified listeners with their strange brand of H.P. Lovecraft-inspired sci-fi rock. Metal, punk and riff rock all poke their ugly little heads out in the Thickets' sound, creating songs that definitely go over most music fans' heads. A band for the intelligent but disturbed, this latest album is their slickest and sickest production yet." — Agree to Disagree magazine

"Not only does this harmless group pay homage to the late '70s hit German series, they make a sort of punk-pop-filtered homage to the songs of the '80s. The anthems are goofy and the vocals are strenuous, and the budget '80s guitar sound is almost so forced that the affair could actually be a gimmick in disguise. Pranksters or forever underrated geniuses? You decide." — Exclaim! magazine

"The singer, Toren McBoren MacBin, is exceptional, running through a whole range of vocal trickery. Even when he is delivering lyrics such as "Obed was a sailor, he sailed the seven seas. He made love to the fish, he made love to the fishies" or "Did you kill all the dinosaurs? Man, it wasn¹t no meteors. Well I¹m sick of your Uberworld. And you scream like a little girl" he does so as if it were the most serious of songs. They even manage to craft a very fine little song out of a mathematical equation in ŒThe Math Song¹. Yes, the lyrics are along the lines of 'Y=(X/5)...', although they introduce a rhyme by deciding that Œnegative nine is so fine¹. Sci-Fi and Math, we could very well be seeing the resurgence of ŒGeek Rock¹ from the dark wastes of Canada. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of ŒSpaceship Zero¹ is the quality of the production, really topnotch. Clean, pure and expansive.

If you are a fan of interesting, quirky music, then check this out. If you are a fan of Dungeon & Dragons, comics, sci-fi, cult movies and Lovecraft, then check this out. If you want an album to amuse you with its cleverness, whilst still essentially being a ridiculous product, then check this out. If you really think from this description that you would hate this album (I know I would), then still check it out. As I said a very, very interesting product." — Indie Monkey
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