Stars: 2.25
Favorite Track: Nature Lover, because it rocks the hardest.
Concert: 15$
The shop assistants are a Scottish punky, pop group from the 80’s. They have two very distinguishing features: a talk/sing female vocalist and a lot of guitar. Every song is drenched in overdriven, full-chord, strumming that creates a really thick mattress for the rest of the music to bounce on. The issue, though, is that they are on two sides of one fence. Will Anything Happen has the attitude, rhythm and sometimes lyrics of a lively punk group, but the chords and harmony (not necessarily vocal harmony) and energy is much like pop-rock, leaving it feeling kind of soft.
The first track shows what I’m talking about. It is powered by guitars and a driving beat, and it has snide lyrics to boot. But the vocals and the chord changes are simple and almost pleasant, which puts it in a strange middle-ground. “I don’t Want to be Friends With You,” talks about a guy trying to tell a girl they’d be better off as friends instead of lovers after some history, but the girl is not pleased: “If you leave me I’ll scratch your eyes out.” In the classic punk-rock tradition, you get simple feelings expressed plainly here, but it comes out like a lullaby.
I sent out a massive thread to my friends asking them for their top two, must listen to albums. I have 80 days left at my job, and it takes about 50 minutes door to door each way. So I figured that is enough time to listen to one album twice through each day. Thus became the 80 albums in 80 days project. This is my blog describing my experiences with each album.
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