Jepeto Solutions

***Here is the semi-debut from this newly-beefed-up New York City superforce, formed around the core of what was once CE SCHNEIDER TOPICAL. As the house band of the beloved, trendsetting label OSR, CE Schneider Topical enchanted the world with last winter's Antifree LP, that demonstrated the soft power of CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER's songwriting and crystal voice when subjected to ZACH PHILLIPS' instrumental accompaniment and reel-to-reel experimentation at Manual FX Studio. So it's no surprise they attracted two of NYC's greatest for their evolution into JEPETO SOLUTIONS—QUENTIN MOORE (BIG FRENCH) on guitars and DEREK BARON (CAUSINGS. MEGA BOG) on drums Their first four hits are predictably more raucous than the duo that preceded them, and Phillips takes an equitable share of the spotlight, singing lead on half the songs. From time to time, Moore's absolutely manic guitar wizardry is allowed to tug at its leash and pull us into the shadow of Royal Trux, while other movements maintain CE Schneider's likeness to the gorgeous, intricate, rock-steady folkiness of The Roches.