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| 2.5 average | Jared Floryan | June 9th 16 |
Mindless Self Indulgence and Retard-O-Bot were just two bands that I was extremely into during my adolescence; the former captured my attention more, but that's not to say the latter were an outfit I wasn't attached to one way or another. These ensembles also had similar styles, although this Tampa-based act put emphasis on a savage rock direction which often contrasted with the whimsical, electronic influences. Having recently sat through Retard-O-Bot's 2005 full-length album Friendship Forever, let me say that the band as a whole didn't age well. Competent instrumentation aside, the record's quirky character works against it most of the time, and this offering is pretty mediocre from a composition perspective. Frontman Peter Pepper's vocals have an occasional tendency to be all over the place and don't possess nearly as much personality as MSI ringmaster James Euringer, for better or for worse. Putting it simply, Friendship Forever demonstrates a sound that's been executed better by similar contemporaries that came before R-O-B and after them as well.
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| 3.0 good | Maxwell1981 | November 12th 12 |
It's not as amazing as their first three records--you can tell they were start ing to slow down--and the lyrics are very disturbing, but all in all it's an ample attempt at an electronically-driven industrial album.
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