Wavves: Wavvves
Someone get this man some proper recording equipment okay?
Holy mother, I thought there was something wrong with the audio file when I first heard this. The vocals were static-y and from what I remember the instruments sounded like they were recorded from a distance. There is a difference between 'unique, daring, and fresh' and whatever that was.
There is hope in 2009!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!
Kinda has more electronic sound than earlier albums, coulda used a real killer song like
Black Tongue or
Gold Lion to bring it home. I felt none of the songs lived up to that kinda sound (
Zero is good, but I always imagine it in a Broadway show for some reason...).
Heads Will Roll is a solid song, and
Dull Life is good but I felt there was a lot of building up just for it to... End. The album does shine with some of the slower tracks such as
Soft Shock,
Skeleton, and
Hysteric (at least the acoustic version more so).
Soft Shock and Skeletons are beautiful songs, so are the acoustic versions. Don't get me started on
Little Shadow though... What the
fuck is up with that song (read: it sucks). At least the acoustic is a bit more bearable, but that isn't saying much.
Dragon Queen and
Shame and Fortune are pretty good tracks to, nothing special though.
Dragon Queen has been appealing to me more and more.
Here's a rundown of each track, with a score out of 5:
Zero
4/5
Heads Will Roll
5/5
Soft Shock
5/5
Skeletons
4/5
Dull Life
4/5
Shame and Fortune
3/5
Runaway (I don't even remember this song lol)
Dragon Queen
4/5
Hysteric
3/5
Little Shadow
0/5
Soft Shock (AC)
5/5
Skeletons (AC)
5/5
Hysteric (AC)
4/5
Little Shadow (AC)
1/5
In conclusion: The album lacked some bite, but delivered a nice hug (and a kick in the shins). It's pretty solid all around and a great album but just a bit shy of perfection...
4.5/5
(Sorry this turned into a full review.
)
I'll edit this post with Metric's
Fantasies asap. I love them WHY DON'T I OWN THIS ALBUM FHGFDHGF