Ambulance Ltd., (TVT Records)

I have here, in my hot little hands an advance copy of the FULL LENGTH, yes! Full length CD that's coming out in the Spring. The clever folks at TVT Records are unleashing the CD around the time of chocolate bunnies.

Am I deliriously happy? Am I playing this over and over again? You betcha!

Too many times bands come out with a killer EP that just leaves you panting for more. The full length comes out after months of pining for it and it just bites the big one. Either they haven't put the tracks from the EP in the full length, or the full length is mediocre; as if they've exhausted their creative output and are just pushing buttons to get the hell out of the studio.

Not this time. Ambulance have not only hit their marks dead on, they've delivered a really strong cohesive release.

They've looked forward and back, utilizing the warm pyschedelia of the 60's, 90's jammy beats with a twist of the modern ironic sensibility that runs through our lives. They like to play with words and it shows. "You are a teenage runaway/you carry the people that you hate in a suitcase," from Michigan

Each of the 10 tracks on their new release carries musical and lyrical nuggets-- juicy warm guitars, multi-flavored orchestrations, drums that tickle your spine, phrases that you'll start repeating--this is an addictive release.

Quite rightly they're cutting a swath in New York; they don't sound like anyone else out now and the music scene is in dire need of fresh outlooks and visions, which they provide in abundance.

This is going to be an important release for the year 2004.

Should be hitting a store near you this spring.

Cehck out their website www.ambulancenyc.com