To Myopic Mutts [Moncton Times & Transcript, January 7, 1999]
Gregg Perry [Moncton, NB]
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This Moncton band's indie release may not be the future of rock, but it's definitely cutting edge. With their cunningly inventive use of h [+]To Myopic Mutts [Moncton Times & Transcript, January 7, 1999]
Gregg Perry [Moncton, NB]
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This Moncton band's indie release may not be the future of rock, but it's definitely cutting edge. With their cunningly inventive use of high-brow piano and straight-jacket verbalized pun-and-rhyme lyrics, Zwerg needn't be concerned about competition because they are in a field of their own.
Depending on your medication, the Lewis Carroll cum I Am a Walrus-inspired tale telling is top notch, curdled as it is with grunts, growls and groans, which although they may become a tad predictable mid-way, make for a fascinating collection. Bolstering this is the varied instrumental bits, as beautiful piano pieces as they come. Though it's quite obvious Betts is striving to reach a surrealist level with his combo of talented key-plunking and knack for turning a worth phrase, what really makes To Myopic Mutts work is the schizophrenic feeling to it all, you can read the lyrics, ignore the music and have a great laugh, or you can ignore the lyrics and enjoy some fine arranging. Whether or not this makes waves in Moncton isn't of concern. That it is available and offered presently without corporate backing, is.
-- Greg Perry, Times & Transcript, 1998
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Check Out '98 - the year in new music [Watch Magazine, Winter Issue '99]
Austin CLarke [Toronto, ON -National]
...A close second to Rufus on the bizzaro front was Moncton's Zwerg (aka Jason Betts). Where Wainwright is best described as Elton John with contemporary relevance and WITHOUT cheese, Zwerg is the first solo pianist to deserve to be compared to the incomparable Tori Amos. He's a prolific little bugger, too, having coughed up an EP and a full length in the space of 9 months (more info: rolene@nbnet.nb.ca)
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Sepsis [Open Your Ears, 1999]
Kim Hogg [Halifax, NS -Internet]
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Zwerg is a burgeoning artist from Moncton, New Brunswick who is just beginning to receive solid recognition for his work. This past year (1998), CBC's Radio Sonic program received his debut EP Sepsis as their favourite album by a new artist. This past summer Zwerg also released a full-length CD titled To Myopic
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