Watersports | Mi Ami

My review of Mi Ami’s debut full-length, Watersports ran today in the Boston Phoenix.

Two-thirds of Mi Ami (Daniel Martin-McCormick and Jacob Long) are from the now-defunct D.C. band Black Eyes, and while they retain some of that band’s intensity, the music on Watersports is much more rhythm-oriented. It’s not dance-punk, per se; while it bears some superficial similarity to bands like !!!, it’s a little darker, a little more insistent and unsettling. I’ve got a long feature on Mi Ami awaiting publication in the spring 2009 issue of ALARM Magazine.