the inversions

While less British-sounding than their previous work, Sacramento noisemakers the Inversions still manage to keep their limey charm; take for instance, the quirky “I Don’t Believe You” or the subdued “State of the Union,” two tracks that carry themselves on sheer simplicity and tidiness. Their whimsical personalities run throughout the disc, exemplified well on “Wishful Thinking,” a sigh of a song in the vain of the Violent Femmes. Ultimately, it’s the band’s element of surprise which keeps the album fresh: What begins as a lazy riff might end as a meandering rock track with witty lyrics and a driving beat. The Inversions at their grimiest are like an unscrubbed Wilco (as on the masterful “It Makes Perfect Sense”), and at their most pristine, they’re an eclectic quartet that indie fans and labels lust after. - Sacramento News & Review

While less British-sounding than their previous work, Sacramento noisemakers the Inversions still manage to keep their limey charm; take for instance, the quirky “I Don’t Believe You” or the subdued “State of the Union,” two tracks that carry themselves on sheer simplicity and tidiness. Their whimsical personalities run throughout the disc, exemplified well on “Wishful Thinking,” a sigh of a song in the vain of the Violent Femmes. Ultimately, it’s the band’s element of surprise which keeps the album fresh: What begins as a lazy riff might end as a meandering rock track with witty lyrics and a driving beat. The Inversions at their grimiest are like an unscrubbed Wilco (as on the masterful “It Makes Perfect Sense”), and at their most pristine, they’re an eclectic quartet that indie fans and labels lust after. - Sacramento News & Review

It’s Only Temporary by the Inversions, features five songs reminiscent of the late 1960s that sound a little like some psychedelic bands did, before the drugs inspired them to extend their songs to album-side lengths and beyond. That style, with its martial beats and chord progressions that swerve back and forth between major and minor triads with a few sevenths thrown in, is what those psych bands came up with when they listened to equal parts British Invasion bands and folk revival acts. The tunes (written by members Will Comstock, Adam Varona and Ryan Offield) are quite winning, especially the Varona and Comstock-penned title track. The disc was recorded at Station to Station studio in Grass Valley by its proprietor Dana Gumbiner, who knows a thing or two about fine pop discs (www.theinversions.com). - Sacramento News & Review

It’s Only Temporary by the Inversions, features five songs reminiscent of the late 1960s that sound a little like some psychedelic bands did, before the drugs inspired them to extend their songs to album-side lengths and beyond. That style, with its martial beats and chord progressions that swerve back and forth between major and minor triads with a few sevenths thrown in, is what those psych bands came up with when they listened to equal parts British Invasion bands and folk revival acts. The tunes (written by members Will Comstock, Adam Varona and Ryan Offield) are quite winning, especially the Varona and Comstock-penned title track. The disc was recorded at Station to Station studio in Grass Valley by its proprietor Dana Gumbiner, who knows a thing or two about fine pop discs (www.theinversions.com). - Sacramento News & Review

Judging by their first album, All is Well, the Inversions could be a 1965-era British Invasion act. The bluesy riffs, the Lennon-esque singing and the songs' general briskness all attest to the Sacramento band's close study of bands like the Beatles, the Kinks and the early Rolling Stones
- Arizona Daily Wildcat

Judging by their first album, All is Well, the Inversions could be a 1965-era British Invasion act. The bluesy riffs, the Lennon-esque singing and the songs' general briskness all attest to the Sacramento band's close study of bands like the Beatles, the Kinks and the early Rolling Stones
- Arizona Daily Wildcat

Regarding All is Well: "Most common are cuts like “She Won’t Take the Train,” a clear homage to the Brits with clean guitars, dominant-chord bridges and blues-based riffs. But the record’s best songs, “Money Walks” and “The Graduate,” show energy and inventiveness... “Money Walks,” with its slow melodies over piano, building dynamically, actually does seem kindred to Radiohead’s Kid A. “The Graduate” is the best example of what can happen when a band toys with different genres. It’s a slow, off-rhythm piece that lumbers through a subtle sonic landscape and evokes Call Me Ishmael or slower Smashing Pumpkins."
- Sacramento News & Review

Regarding All is Well: "Most common are cuts like “She Won’t Take the Train,” a clear homage to the Brits with clean guitars, dominant-chord bridges and blues-based riffs. But the record’s best songs, “Money Walks” and “The Graduate,” show energy and inventiveness... “Money Walks,” with its slow melodies over piano, building dynamically, actually does seem kindred to Radiohead’s Kid A. “The Graduate” is the best example of what can happen when a band toys with different genres. It’s a slow, off-rhythm piece that lumbers through a subtle sonic landscape and evokes Call Me Ishmael or slower Smashing Pumpkins."
- Sacramento News & Review

Sacramento's finest, as near as I can tell. Very nice pop tunes with lots of character, interesting instrumentation and very cool understated vocals. - Top Shelf

Sacramento's finest, as near as I can tell. Very nice pop tunes with lots of character, interesting instrumentation and very cool understated vocals. - Top Shelf