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band takes you back to 2001 with there only Owls release with a melodic vocals and a nifty bass line that will make you move. It isn't over just yet though, the song goes back into the beginning riff with some of Tim's witty lyrics and neat guitar riffs.

The sixth song, Garden Stencil, booms right off the bat with Nate shaking a marraca, thumping on his bass drum, and bouncing his wurlitzer keys. The entire song has Nate multitasking as Tim riddles some rhymes while Burg and Zurick pluck away on there guitars.

Goin' To The Bone Church, the almost title track of the album builds up in almost an explosions in the sky sort of way, then riffs itself into some really cool parts. The song is almost entirely instrumental up until the song breaks into congos and Tim recites a poem that is so witty, it could be an example of the word, wit.

The next song's is a play off of The Rolling Stones', I Can't Get No (Satisfaction). (I Can't Understand) Satisfaction is in some ways similar to the title track as it builds up in the building with a beautiful riff and a distant beat building in the background. Tim begins singing the title, then goes into quite possibly the most absurd lyric of the album, "All porn is gay porn." That says enough.

The next to the last song on the album, Taste, Touch, Smell, Deceit and Touch kicks off with Nate pounding his bass drum and his wurlitzer. He is then accompanied by Burg who once again bounces in with Zurick who plays an almost homage riff to the genre of math rock. Tim screeches and croaks through the song with some clever lyrics that will make you rewind the track and listen to over and over again. If you want to know what you're getting into by buying this album, I would suggest this song to be the first song to listen to.

People Laughing, ends the album on a great note with really abstract guitar riffs and mathy drum beats as well as a groovy scaled bass riff accompanied by Tim's lyrics. "Protest the Vietnam War" and "Every word is a verb, every moment's a word" are just some lyrics that you will find intriquing in this song. Not saying that nearly every lyric Tim sings in this song you won't find interesting. The song ends on Tim repeating "protest the vietnam war", and the album ends on your mind repeating "I want more".

Overall, Going To The Bone Church, is an exceptionally great album that may take more than once to listen to in order to fully enjoy and understand. The talent portrayed in this album is far more superior then previous albums of Make Believe and any other album I have heard that has been released so far this year.

-Ryan Donar
April 22, 2008

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