Three album reviews of the tepid variety
July 4th, 2008 John Posted in Music, Reviews, The Last Visible Blog |
Elvis Costello - Momofuku
He still makes music? So boring I took it off the iPod for fear a song from it would come on again and make me fall asleep at the wheel. I don’t think I could name Elvis liable in court, so I decided to play it safe.
The Fratellis - Here We Stand
Way overproduced, total modern rock radio slickness, taking away all the band’s charm — I like the song "My Friend John," though, and I’m willing to admit that the whole album could possibly grow on me even as I understand it is not very good at all.
B-52s - Funplex
Actually, Jana put it far better than I could — it sounds like they decided to record a whole album of songs meant to be played at a wedding reception. That’s a whole genre that most bands don’t tap into. I don’t see that this album was necessary as anything other than a way to wipe out the memory of their previous album, which was totally horrific. It’s nice that the elderly sing so excitedly about shaking their booties and making sweet love, but I don’t want those images placed in my head by these guys. Ick.
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