Various Artists: Paths Less Traveled, A Genterine Records

Comprised of 10 songs from 10 bands from the Atlanta area, Paths Less Traveled offers surprisingly few revelations, leaving listeners to sort through a series of bands that never quite live up to their promise. Paine's Promise (forgive the repetition of words) does live up to theirs, sounding a little bit akin to vintage Heart (and that sounds surprisingly fresh at the moment). That promise carries over to The Datura Blues whose "You Can't Baptize a Man with a Half Lit Cigarette in his Mouth and a Bottle of Bourbon in his Baptismal Robe," is a dirty, psychedelic revelation if ever there was. Farpoint's "H2Origins" is not one of my favorite FP numbers but it suffices. Cobweb Strange, who open the whole affair, are somewhat disappointing (of course, maybe it's that we're forced to listen to nearly 12 minutes of them on a sampler, a bit much even by prog standards) though I'm interested in hearing more, the same as with Karma Lingo. But nothing here's enough me to convince me to move to Atlanta and bask in the warmth of their music scene.

Added: August 16th 2003
Reviewer: Jedd Beaudoin
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Related Link: Genterine Records
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