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Trying to define hipness in music is very
difficult. Some people think Radiohead
is hip. They're not. Some people think The
Strokes are hip. They're not (they try too hard). In my
ultimate unhipness, I vote for the cooled out sounds of bands
like The Natural History. Owing a lot to Elvis
Costello and various other hip rock acts from the 70's,
The Natural History doesn't make music to smash thing by, but
will make you want to pick up the smoking habit, drink a beer
and chill with a chick with a nose ring. The album sounds as
if it were recorded in a loft in Brooklyn (it probably was)
and singer Max Tepper not only sounds like the name of some
kid I went to Hebrew school with, but also sounds like the dude,
with his deep, raspy voice, I'd want fronting my band--if I
had one. This is a very cool album, despite sounding like a
lot like a Spoon practice session,
and should be added to the collection of any blue blooded hipster
out there looking for an album to do it to. |
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