Tuesday, December 07, 2004
November 6: Atticus Fault (self-titled)
Don't always believe what BMG tells you in the one-paragraph blurb. That's my message for today, kids. Atticus Fault's, for instance, said something like "Band from Nashville combines U2, Coldplay with grunge." I was intrigued, and it was another buy-one-get-three-free sale, so hey, why not?
Here's why not... a) they don't sound like U2 orColdplay. b)if anything, it sounds like Nine Inch Nails crossed with '70s prog-rock, but that probably wouldn't get idiots like me to buy the album, would it?
So this thing comes in the mail, and it's got a computer-animated album cover that looks like a reject from the Creed catalog, complete with... wait for it... a totally made-up alphabet (the key is inside, under the disc). You have got to be f**king kidding me.
Then the band is so pretentious that the first song starts with three minutes of instrumental nonsense before the singer finally kicks in. Guess what, guys: U2 could get away with this on the Joshua Tree, but you know what? They were the BIGGEST BAND IN THE WORLD!!! And last I checked, you were four losers from Nashville who managed to sucker MCA into giving you a record deal.
Also, I get the sneaky suspicion this is pseudo-Christian music. Either that, or the band is totally obsessed with the Nativity and the Virgin Mary. Which is a bit weird. Combine all this with the fact that three (count 'em, THREE) members of the band are doing the Billy Corgan/Michael Stipe pre-emptive baldness thing and you know what you get? Crap.
Sell.
Here's why not... a) they don't sound like U2 orColdplay. b)if anything, it sounds like Nine Inch Nails crossed with '70s prog-rock, but that probably wouldn't get idiots like me to buy the album, would it?
So this thing comes in the mail, and it's got a computer-animated album cover that looks like a reject from the Creed catalog, complete with... wait for it... a totally made-up alphabet (the key is inside, under the disc). You have got to be f**king kidding me.
Then the band is so pretentious that the first song starts with three minutes of instrumental nonsense before the singer finally kicks in. Guess what, guys: U2 could get away with this on the Joshua Tree, but you know what? They were the BIGGEST BAND IN THE WORLD!!! And last I checked, you were four losers from Nashville who managed to sucker MCA into giving you a record deal.
Also, I get the sneaky suspicion this is pseudo-Christian music. Either that, or the band is totally obsessed with the Nativity and the Virgin Mary. Which is a bit weird. Combine all this with the fact that three (count 'em, THREE) members of the band are doing the Billy Corgan/Michael Stipe pre-emptive baldness thing and you know what you get? Crap.
Sell.
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