Friday, June 18, 2004
June 16: Audiovent - Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris
Why do I own this? Another dirt-cheap Best Buy impulse purchase.
My problems with Audiovent are both musical and non-musical. Non-musically, these guys are poster boys for nepotism. Here's a band formed by the lead singer from Incubus' little brother and the guitarist from Incubus' little brother. Hm... wonder if that helped them get signed? Second, they apparently had to undergo group therapy before this album even came out! It took Metallica 20 years, lots of drugs and alcohol, and the death of a key member before they did group therapy. Audiovent couldn't even survive through the debut album before they hit the couch.
Musically, the songs on this album can be divided into two categories: Incubus-lite, and Incubus-supercharged. The Incubus-supercharged songs are pretty good, especially "The Energy." But whatever English teacher taught the Boyd brothers needs to be shot, because little bro's lyrics are just as stupid, if not dumber, than Brandon's from Incubus.
Keep or Sell? Rip "The Energy", then sell.
My problems with Audiovent are both musical and non-musical. Non-musically, these guys are poster boys for nepotism. Here's a band formed by the lead singer from Incubus' little brother and the guitarist from Incubus' little brother. Hm... wonder if that helped them get signed? Second, they apparently had to undergo group therapy before this album even came out! It took Metallica 20 years, lots of drugs and alcohol, and the death of a key member before they did group therapy. Audiovent couldn't even survive through the debut album before they hit the couch.
Musically, the songs on this album can be divided into two categories: Incubus-lite, and Incubus-supercharged. The Incubus-supercharged songs are pretty good, especially "The Energy." But whatever English teacher taught the Boyd brothers needs to be shot, because little bro's lyrics are just as stupid, if not dumber, than Brandon's from Incubus.
Keep or Sell? Rip "The Energy", then sell.
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