Genre: Hardcore
Origin: USA
Released: 2007
Website: Akimbo
Label: Alternative Tentacles Records
Uploaded: 19.04.08

I was surprised to see that Alternative Tentacles decided to send me Akimbo�s new CD, seeing as how I didn�t really like their previous output; the re-release of Harshing your mellow. But I guess it�s worth giving a try as they�ve changed their sound quite a bit.
On Navigating the bronze they present a much more diverse style of music, not just frantic hardcore with tempo changes back and forth. Here we get a way more rock n roll-ish agenda, but even with some stoner influences shining through. It�s diverse, it�s slick, but it�s still uninteresting. The rock n roll is definitely on a high level, with some rasping bass lines and slick riffing and the drumming�s diverse and out of the ordinary for hardcore. Everything reeks of rock.
Towards the end of Megatherium they present a stoner-ish tune (which leads on into Hiding in paper), with some seriously wicked vocals. And this I really like, but the rest of the album is very uninspiring and bland, but I guess I�m just not a rock n roll type of hardcore guy. Akimbo�s just not for me. And I still think the artwork�s boring, but the production�s definitely improved!

Tracklist:
01. You can hear the honey
02. Wizard van wizard
03. Dungeon bastard
04. Huge muscles
05. Roman coins
06. Lungless
07. Megatherium
08. Hiding in paper
09. The curse of king David
10. Stjerneborg