Ozma
Spending Time On The Borderline (2003)

review by: Jason Thornberry
Date: 5/19/03

A nameless combo is serving little purpose than to inspire Ozma, etcetera, etcetera, to try bettering the self-effacing, arena-ready heavy pop they've by now reduced to a formula.

Spending Time On The Borderline begins with a few space age barre chords, but the budget for experimentation runs dry rapidly, and if only someone qualified thickened the sound overall it would seem less like a garage band practicing on an expensive ghetto blaster – the vocals in particular.

Will Ozma rise above the imputation of a tribute band with a record deal? They’ve already been around long enough to learn fresh moves, and a newfound Ukranian balalaika supports their protocol as purveyors of "Russian Coldfusion", but it's actually an indirect way of saying the bright red car now has a single coat of white paint.