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...Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom came out when I was in sixth grade, and it was one of my earliest CD purchases. Simultaneously an addictive pop album and an interesting if not terribly coherent concept piece, it still pops up in my playlist from time to time...
...least horrible tracks on the album, “Bubble Pop Electric,” owes much to the contribution of Andre 3000, who appears here in his Johnny Vulture alter-ego. It’s got a fun, driving beat and a great Jamiroquai-esque chorus, but yet again the lyrics slaughter it. The song’s meaningless title is spoken over and over in the chorus, which generated confused looks and questions of “what the hell?” from anyone who was in the room with me while I was listening...
This album is growing on me. Slowly, admittedly, but not imperceptibly. When I first put the disc on, I was dismayed by the guitars, overly saturated with distortion and punk-pop sensibility. It didn’t strike me as Blink 182 necessarily, but the same simplistic chord progressions were evident, as were the fuzzboxes and somewhat predictable guitar and drum breaks. Now, a few days later, I’ve gotten better acclimated to this, the first release from Stars Look Down. I’m still not enthralled with frontman Trent Gay’s voice or with...
SLD’s sound isn’t altogether easy to define; there are elements of Built to Spill, U2 (in the soaring guitar riffs), various pop-punk bands, and even 3 Doors Down. That is to say, SLD favor controlled but nonetheless ragged guitar sounds, driving drums (deceptively light at times), simple bass lines and an singer frequently sounding at his wits end. If any of this sounds unappealing, you probably won’t like this album: SLD has identified their sound and hardly stray from it. There is a certain majesty, a more primal musical essence...
...crack of a bat, the pop of a glove, the infield chatter—these are the sounds that define him. His voice registers only the number of outs in an inning, though he might encourage a teammate at the plate in a clutch situation. On the field, the voice is secondary; the glove and the bat speak...