TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - SOUND OF SILVER
When I heard the kick ass song "North American Scum" from SOUND OF SILVER I had to hear the rest of this album. Once I gave it a spin I can honestly say I was deeply disappointed. While "NA Scum" is a mish mash of electronica, crunching guitars ,punk and 80's music that has been run through a food processor, ground up and spit out as a damn good piece of music, the rest of the record do
esn't live up to the brilliance of that one track.
James Murphy sounds like he can't decide if he wants LCD Soundsystem to be Daft Punk or The Talking Heads. While it is obvious that he has been influenced by both, he fails to successfully take the two styles and make them his own, or better yet create his own sound. The album is filled with sweet beats ("Get Innocuous") and Murphy has some tasty lyrics ("All My Friends") but he fails to put them all together as a cohesive entity. The record then limps to a close with the unexciting "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down", a mellow slowed down tune that just does nothing to aid this record.
Overall this is a mediocre record that is receiving a lot of hype for being "groundbreaking" and "original"... sounds like a run of the mill 80's new wave album to me.
MANDO DIAO - ODE TO OCHRASY
This record is one of the best finds I have ever stumbled upon. I had never heard of MANDO DIAO then the other day I heard the song "Long Before Rock N Roll". It reached out from the radio and punched me right in the ear drums...in a good way. From start to finish this album rocks hard and rocks fast. The guitars catch your attention, get you interested, the
n the lyrics and rhythm keep you from escaping their musical grip.
ODE TO OCHRASY kicks off with "Welcome Home Luc Robitaille", a strong, loud, smack in the face that will have you hitting repeat over and over. They continue the onslaught of your ears with gut busting songs such as "Tony Zoulias", "TV & Me" and "Morning Paper Dirt".
This is a record that can be listened to over and over from start to finish. Slap it in the player, hit repeat, pop open a couple of cold beers and strap your self in for one hell of a rock n roll ride.
1 comment:
BROTHER - don't know if I agree w/ your LCD review. I haven't listened to the album too closely yet, but it seemed pretty good on first, second, and third listen. What do you think of his first record?
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