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| 0.0 | Mitch | June 25th 23 |
This band's name is the most hipster shit ever conceived, and it pisses me off. Which of these thumb sucking retards decided to use a period instead of a comma or colon?
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| 3.5 great | JoshieG | June 23rd 23 |
Definitely digging the psychedelic funk approach here - some of the songs are up there with their very best (Grim
Generation, Summer of Luv, Dummy, Plastic Island) and it has a real rapid consistency until Ghost Town slows everything
down to a grinding halt. What we have here is a great party record infused with a message much bigger, the idea of
having a figure so influential to you that you fall into a black hole when they’re gone. It’s a weird juxtaposition that
doesn’t quite work and the second half suffers greatly from it. The final track tries to bring what the intro did back with a
gospel esque finale that is grandiose musically but sadly backed up with lyricism stating ‘the present has a past, no
you’re fucked up forever’. It just doesn’t resonate the same way Modern Jesus, Sleep Forever or So Young does.
It also has to be noted that John Gourley’s vocals are strangely underwhelming throughout - he did break his jaw which
would have been absolute hell and I somewhat feel there’s a resistance with the vocal delivery. Again, listen to
Woodstock and he’s the lead man there, something that he despised.
It won’t be a hit album. There’s no hits on it sadly. But it’s a colourful interplay with the band’s musicianship and for first
half gets it right. It’s a strange misnomer in their catalogue as yet again, they’ve created an album that sounds nothing
like Woodstock or Evil Friends, and that must also be commended. But it just feels like a concept record that should
have gone all the way with its message rather than giving us a side B version of it. Double album next time, boys?
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| 3.0 good | elry2k | August 3rd 23 |
| 2.5 average | gilly | July 2nd 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Timmy | June 27th 23 |
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