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Tim Green has shown he takes metal way too seriously. His super clean production style and super complex electric guitar riffs make The Fucking Champs records really fun to listen to, but ones that tend to quickly lose their charm. Citay is a collaboration between Green and Ezra Feinberg, a former drummer for Piano Magic. While this is primarily Feinberg's brainchild, Green is credited as producer, and - similar to The Champs - the goal is to emulate some of the greatest moments of 70s metal like Zeppelin and Sabbath. The difference between Citay and The Champs, though, is that Citay is emulating the folk moments: the extended acoustic guitar intros before the amps go to 11, the more ambient moments when hand drums and pipe smoke fill the room. Of course, taking cues from the folk moments of those same classic bands leads to the same sort of intense and righteous riffage. It's a lush, beautiful record, done with the same sort of over-the-top enthusiasm (and precision) you'd expect from a Green-linked project. Unfortunately its lifespan in the CD changer is similarly short. After about 7 or 8 listens, you find yourself contemplating whether Citay is a joke band and if anyone should really take the acoutic Sabbath moments that seriously. The album's definitely worth the download, but I'd bet seeing them live a couple times would be preferable to quickly getting sick of the CD.

Citay at Amazon & Insound