efrendv@yahoo.es wrote:
the problem is the expectations created by the Tzadik promo actually. I've had this same problem with a couple of recent Tzadik purchases... Friction's "Zone Tripper" in particular. I know I'm being too trusting when I let a bloody obi strip get me all excited about what's on a disc, but good gawd, what a piece of crap "Zone Tripper" is. Hooray! Bland major-key rawk that would have sounded anemic in 1988! A couple of by-the-numbers Audio Active remixes! Recorded by An Important Member Of The No-Wave Movement! Hooray! Yes, I'm a putz for buying it in the first place. (Anybody want to trade something that didn't pass muster with them for it?)
On a more positive note, though, the Limited Express (Has Gone?) disc, "Feeds You!", is really quite entertaining. Again, the Melt-Banana comparisons are unnecessary, but Limited Express is exactly the kind of rock band that I'd be delighted to stumble across in a club some night: at their quietest, they remind me of some of the Merge Records bands from the mid-to-late '90s (especially Shark Quest), picking their way through funny keys in a head-nodding and interesting way, but also get loud enough to merit some hopping around without too much prodding. I'll definitely be on the look-out for them in clubs around the Kansai area in the future. Also, the new Yamamoto Seiichi disc, "Nu Frequency", is worth a listen. I haven't really digested it yet, but it fits nicely between the hypnotic pop of Rashinban and the more balls-out sounds of Ontoko or Most. A good mix of percussion, keys, and guitars, and I found a couple of re-issues of old Phew releases in the same section of the shop where "Nu Frequency" was shelved, so I'm doubly happy with the find. -me ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca