High School rockers Grotto's first record owes its existence to the Amphetamine Reptile record label. Three of that label's bands, namely Mog Stunt Team 5,
Calvin Krime, and
Janitor Joe, explicitly influenced the development of Grotto's sound. That said,
Get a Hustle stands up confidently to the aforementioned underground hard rock luminaries, and earns Grotto the right to call the Selby Tigers, Vaz, and Enemymine their contemporaries. Grotto has the energy, the consistency, and the hooks to please any fan of the AmRep sound, but
Get a Hustle isn't just a carbon copy of the legendary label's formula. The band is definitely trying to carve out its own niche, and the lengthy, sample-laden, arrhythmic, and occasionally atonal hidden track hints at the band's willingness to experiment. ~ Bryan Carroll