Lots of bands claim to be darkly powerful rock outfits, but few possess the genuine voodoo apparent from the first notes of “Once for the Money,” the Sensation Junkies' debut album. Led by the raspy throated vocals and animated and almost autistic stage presence of Chrisopher Blue (formerly from SubPop supergroup 10 Minute Warning), and fueled by 2/3 of critically acclaimed, psychedelic tinged Seattle trio Neo, Sensation Junkies mine territory somewhere between the Screaming Trees and 16 Horsepower, served with generous servings of roots-music and psychedelia.

The thirteen songs contained on “Once for the Money” possess an almost supernatural kind of magic, whether they’re the rollicking “Olalalla,” the sinister “Painkiller” or the anthemic hopefulness of “Love is the Reason.” Think "Adbusters Magazine" set to music - rawkous yet thoughtful rock w/ powerful vocals & lyrics. Live, the band exhibit an undeniably charged chemistry that has already generated quite a stir on stage and charting radio stations across the US, and have earned them an opening tour slot this fall with U.K. buzz-band garage-rock upstarts, The Thieves.

A new lineup of Sensation Junkies is currently in Austin, Texas, writing and recording a new disc scheduled for release in 2006. When the studio doors are unlocked and the boys are unleashed, be prepared to hear their incendiary musical voodoo in cities all round the US.