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I had never written a book review before.
Now I have. Somehow I got to review a music-related book which is odd because I've never really written a proper music review, either.
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BUT! I disagree with the basic assumption in the review, which is that the earliest albums kept the gimmickry and novelty in check, and now they're letting it run wild. Um, has Rob Mitchum listened to old TMBG? It's like when people criticize the cheesy dialogue in the new Star Wars trilogy without copping to the fact that the old triolgy's script is just as bad.
ALSO!
The fuzz-bass backbeat on "Take Out the Trash" may sound a bit like Odelay, but Flansburgh's (hopefully) unintentional biting of Smash Mouth is what ultimately sinks the song.
This makes me furious. "Take Out the Trash" is awesome and IT'S NOTHING LIKE SMASH MOUTH.
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The TMBG album I mention above actually had a similar effect, only much accelerated because I've only had it for a few days. But my first reaction to both was "oh, yeah, I guess this is pretty good... a little underwhelming" and then after a certain number of listens, I'm like, wait, which were the songs I didn't like?
I'm still not sure if Forests as good as II or III but their albums are remarkably subtle for the kind of music they supposedly make.
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I can see the new one as their best record in part because it's a little more concise and unified -- the other ones (I haven't heard the first one yet either) all have a few too many songs, each seeming like they're about to end several times before they do. Forests has a real build to what feels like a real final track. From "Top Banana" on out it's just great (and I love some of the earlier songs too).
I actually just re-listened to some of the EP because I burned it to a CD for the first time (so I could re-rip "Washington" to put it on a mix CD). The album version of "Woah!" is somehow much better.
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