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Old 03-07-2009, 10:55 PM   #43 (permalink)
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My favorite album by them is the one almost no one's heard of:
are you serious?

i hate this album. i have every other album they've made, and i've seen them 5 times now. i'm a huge fan. but this album isn't even music. it has no substance. they have so much better material. try Interstate 8 or Fruit That Ate Itself. anything but Sad Sappy Sucker!

anyway back on topic, i'm very surprised to hear so many people whining about We Were Dead. i think it's fantastic. sure it's different than their early stuff, but it's still just as good. it's poppier, more cheerful, and easier on the ears, but that does not reduce its quality.

i think too many people are just intolerant when it comes to artists changing their sound. they call them sell-outs for making different music today than they did a decade ago. well no, Moon and Antarctica is about a decade old now, and i usually see that as a turning point for them into more palatable music. but really, you can't expect a group that's been playing for 13 years to keep producing the same album over and over. what fun is that?

i think Good News is even more mainstream. i felt with We Were Dead, they brought back some of their old sound again. it was a relief to hear after Float On got soooo much airplay when it came out. blech! good enough track, but why pick a single that seduces the wrong crowd? i heard so many people who went out and bought the album because they heard Float On but then hated the music since that track stands alone. hmm...
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