One Sentence(ish) Album Reviews

By Mark on Tuesday 22 January 2008 at 14:31

And so here we go - the first issue (see here). Some of my recent purchases:

Broken Family Band - Balls

Alternates between angry, yowling country(ish) rock and tender ballads with the odd cynical lyric thrown in; not quite as good as the newer 'Hello Love' though.

Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold

Imagine, if you will, Kate Bush ingesting a significant amount of LSD and mentally reverting to a bizarre medieval childhood - with harpsichords. Lovely.

CocoRosie - The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn

I have absolutely no idea what is happening on this record, although looking at the title you could probably say I deserved it.

Radiohead - In Rainbows

I can't remember exactly what I said to myself the first time I heard album opener '15 Step', but it was something along the lines of 'aaaaaawwwwwwwww yeahhhhh'.

The New Pornographers - Challengers

Frantic Canadian pop with some clever song structures; takes a few listens, then suddenly you realise you're singing the songs out loud to yourself while buying some milk, and it's got you.

More soon when I'm not skint...

16 comments:

On Tuesday 22 January 2008 at 20:00, carly said:

ha ha ha, just laughed at myself...... Didn't read anything properly and thought you described broken family band... as balls!!!! Realised soon that even you wouldn't describe an albulm as fur and gold!!
I like the sound of that one though!

On Wednesday 23 January 2008 at 10:55, skank said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwjdc0AdY1g

On Wednesday 23 January 2008 at 12:55, Tom said:

Excellent idea, if you can't say it in a sentence you're a ponce. M' colleague and co-habitant Stu once told me about a reveiw he read for a Cliff Richard album, it said simply 'In no way good'.

On Wednesday 23 January 2008 at 12:57, Tom said:

Dam it, that was two sentences, it appears i'm a ponce!!

On Wednesday 23 January 2008 at 17:01, carly said:

'in no way good' is a sentence Tom, It just doesn't make sense!

On Wednesday 23 January 2008 at 18:16, Tom said:

I meant i used two sentences. I also liked the review for Spinal Tap's Shark Sandwich album. 'Shit Sandwich'

On Thursday 24 January 2008 at 13:19, billybean said:

Tom, just remove one of the full stops.

On Thursday 24 January 2008 at 17:00, Tom said:

Oh yeah .

On Thursday 24 January 2008 at 17:43, carly said:

You can't remove the full stop! It needs a break! You are as bad as the kids!

Today, during R.E, a child believed that Mary and Joseph were the first people, and not Adam and Eve!

On Friday 25 January 2008 at 00:26, The Masked Avenger said:

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On Friday 25 January 2008 at 12:44, billybean said:

Carly, there's some debate as to whether Adam and Eve were actually the 'first people'.

On Friday 25 January 2008 at 13:22, skank said:

yeah what about their mum and dad.

On Friday 25 January 2008 at 18:00, The Masked Avenger said:

I met Adam's folks in the Algarve a few years ago on a package holiday. Mike and Sue, lovely couple.

On Saturday 26 January 2008 at 10:19, carly said:

Suppose it depends what books you read really!

On Monday 28 January 2008 at 12:34, billybean said:

Here's a film review for you.

AvPR is not as good as A, As, A3, P or P2 but it is better than AR and AvP.

On Monday 11 February 2008 at 16:08, Mark said:

Nicely done sir.

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