Menthol

Balthazar de Ley and Menthol have put out a driving, exciting CD. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, has always been known as the under-rated band capitol of the U.S., and Menthol is one more in a continuing line of excellent bands out of that sleepy college town. The secret to Menthol is the speed of music--it's fast! And unlike so many bands of today, the melodies and vocals keep up with the power of the beat in originality of sound and content of lyrics.

Jeff Jolley