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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...take a case in point, the album??s first track, “Extra, Extra” expresses in no uncertain terms the bands frustration with media and commercialism. Lead vocalist Theo exclaims, “Extra, extra! Read all about it! Everyone in every state thinks everyone is free / I don’t know / I have a feeling every form of media is fucking with our heads / And filling us full of shit.” Throughout the album, there is a clear and unequivocal antipathy expressed—almost always in highly confrontational and profane...
Time, though, wore down the rough-hewn edges of Gob’s political and social outlook. Their next album??the 1998 release How Far Shallow Takes You—is, in its insouciance, vastly different from Too Late. The song titles alone reveal as much: The list of tracks list is conspicuously devoid of such titles as “Fuck them” and “Asshole,” two tracks from Too Late. Lyrically, the songs are much tamer, and indicate a shift in focus towards some of punk music?...
...their own admission, Gob’s most commercial effort to date. There is an extra “merchandise” insert in the sleeve of the CD—an appropriate visual preface to the cushy listening experience that one is about to abide. The album??s opening gesture, “For the Moment” reflects languishingly on past and unrequited love affairs: “But I cling to you for survival / And I know that you are my Bible.” Moderately distorted, muted, heavily punctuated guitar work embraces a delayed...
...adds interest to the song. Similarly, the orchestrations for the softer, more mellow ballads “Black Crow” and “Picture of My Life” set them apart. In particular, “Picture of My Life” is one of the album??s high points. It is a testament to Jay Kay’s songwriting skills when he turns the lyrics “I never had a dream that I could follow through / Only tears left to stain” into something supremely uplifting...
...breakthrough single—“Spring Released”—is so bouncy that it is almost hard to believe its author could also create the brilliant misery of “Sadness Soot.” The title track is perhaps the album??s weakest, but even its eeriness is beautifully crafted, which speaks volumes for the quality of the record as a whole...