The Insitute follow up
The Institute- Distort Yourself
3.5
"When animals attack, you need fire." Yeah. Wait?! WFT???
I think that if I was told that i was allowed to ask Gavin Rossdale, the former frontman of Bush (and currently frontman of the Institute), one question then it would be this..."When you try to write lyrics do you MEAN to make them as non-sensical as possible or do you really think that there are going to be people out there that get this stuff?" I mean c'mon! And that's just my impression of the first song! Upon the first listen through I found myself smiling at some of the songs because they were just so stinking stupid. I mean seriously, does this crap make sense to him? Because honestly it just kind of makes me wonder if he has always been this stupid and just attractive to the ladies and therefore successful or if he had a legitimate talent with the other guys in Bush.
Personally, I think it was mostly because they were one of the "pretty" bands in the early nineties that appealed to the girls and the jocks alike, so they were therefore "good". That's sincerely how this album makes me feel. Right time + right sound + right circumstances = hit band. Gavin, you are losing all sort of credibility from me with this release. Sorry man. You should have stayed retired or whatever you were doing. Just sit back and let Gwen rake in the big bucks. At least her songs appeal to people (mostly preteen girls) no matter how stupid they are (the songs, not the preteen girls, well...nah, I'll just leave that alone).
Ok, now some high points for the album... oh geez... I guess the one thing that I liked about the album is that the songs were distinctive from one another. Yeah, that's it. A couple of the songs at the end of the disc were vastly different than the rest, although I refuse to look up the names because once I get through with this I plan on NEVER listening to this disc again.
Ok, low points... Kris, is there a space limit? Obviously not, I just looked at Sarah's rather lengthy summary of the disc and it appears that we are of the same mind that this disc is terrible. The music is boring. The singing is boring. [Insert another aspect of the album] is boring.
On my first listen through of this CD I wanted to like it. By the end, I was DREADING having to listen to it again and as a matter of fact, I am listening to it for the second time right now. Thanks for nothing Kris.
I'll give this disc a 3.5, but just because I liked that old Bush song Glycerine. Yes, I'm serious.
And for those about to rock, I salute you...
Zac B.