draconian - 9-19-2003 at 01:47 PM
Popmatters.com's John Garrett has this to say about Public Access:
"I'm immediately suspicious of any indie-type band that walks off with a major label contract with nary a peep from local outlets. Yet that
is precisely what this Los Angeles collective of studio junkies has done-and, surprise, it's way better than I would have guessed. "12 = 3
(Here Come the Doctors)" is essentially a shotgun marriage of The Faint's goth dance and Blur's sputtering Brit-pop with a Stephen Bays
(Hot Hot Heat) sound-alike on the vocals. The rest of the songs lean more heavily on Blur's pop template, sans the caffeine high. Enon is another
useful point of comparison. "The Beat Goes On" is almost pretty; at least as much as a knowing spoof can be. And it's hard not to smile
when a band compares ex-girlfriends to black Jettas as they do on the appropriately titled "Black Jettas". Sure, Ima Robot have their tongue
firmly planted in cheek, but at least they remembered a joke can only carry so far without solid hooks."