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Firewater
What more can you ask for than catchy rock
songs about drinking and falling down? Almost every song is
about the sadness and debauchery of a gin-soaked life. There
is even a shitting of the pants! But it's done in a wry, intelligent
way, not a Party Hard! kind of
way. Straight up rock n' roll at the bottom of a bottle never
sounded so good. This album is a serious hidden gem. |
Italian Platinum
It's as if nobody makes fuckin' rock 'n roll
anymore. Okay, this isn't a completely accurate statement, but
everything seems to fit into some niche. You got your KROCK
rock (Hoobadrowningstaind), your emo, your nü metal, your
alt-country rock, your garage rock revival, etc. Silkworm defies
any of these categorizations. It can only be called "great
music to get drunk by"--and we're talking longneck bottles
of Bud here folks. They're one part Silver
Jews, one part Dinosaur Jr.,
and another part some garage band that can write a melody. This
is an awful comparison, and completely off, but I couldn't think
of anything better. Helping them in their journey is producer
Steve Albini, who does a better job than anybody out there making
a band sound live and raw. Listening to this album through headphones
is the perfect way to appreciate his amazing talent for making
drums sound great (a tall order if you listen to most rock albums
out there). |
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