There's garage rock and then there's garage rock and that's where H.E. Miller comes in. Recorded on what has to be about a $5 budget and sounding as if it was recorded in a one car garage with just guitars and an eight track recorder, Apocalyptic Dreamsis the rawest, roughest rock and roll you are likely to hear anytime soon. This record is so lo-fi if you listen close enough you might just here the sound of H.E. Miller's car being parked in the garage where this record was recorded. You don't get much more rock n' roll than that!
This unrefined record breaks rock and roll down to it's very essence and doesn't even attempt to put it back together again. It doesn't know how. With a punk spirit about him, H.E. Miller sounds as though he can just about play but refuses to let that stop him from rocking out. In fact, so much of Apocalyptic Dreams sounds as though it might be broken that you can't help but wonder if it indeed really is. But, as underdone and exposed as this record is there's something that's not quite half bad about it. Sure, it's not produced or really even mastered too well but that's it's charm; it's punk rock without even being punk rock and that's what makes it stand out.
Apocalyptic Dreams is far from being anything glossy, refined, or huge; instead it's uneven, disheveled and sounds more like a bunch of demos than an album. It's pure rock and roll with heart and a lot of learning to do, but that's what makes it fun. This is H.E. Miller having one heck of a time being a guitar god here and who the heck doesn't want to be like that? This is an album for everyone who has wanted to learn guitar but never did. Simply put, Apocalyptic Dreamsis made of the stuff of rock and roll dreams whether they be fulfilled or unfulfilled. Unprofessionalism has never sounded so good.
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