Vintage Review: IGMO's Ten Day Potato (1998)

After a long dry spell during which just about any group that knew three chords and could put up an “alternative” image was awarded a major label deal, we’ve finally spun things around where there are some bands out there who don’t sound like Nirvana or Smashing Pumpkins. Nashville’s IGMO is one of these welcome departures from the mainstream fare, a talented conglomeration of some of the Southeast’s finest musicians brought together under one roof to make some honest rock ‘n’ roll music.

Vocalist Mark Pfaff, a member of the legendary Will & the Bushmen, is the ringleader on Ten Day Potato, fronting a superb collection of pop, rock, country and psychedelic music that borrows shamelessly from every decade from the dawn of time until today. IGMO present a new twist on the musical lessons they’ve learned so well, however, Ten Day Potato proving to be as refreshingly familiar as it is oddly original. In an era where many of today’s “superbands” have to be taught how to play their instruments, IGMO is creating music that is as intelligent as it is invigorating. (self-released)

Review originally published by R Squared music zine, 1998