Word: blahness
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WORCESTER--Football coaches and players don't always make the best interviews. They hammer away at the same themes and use the same vocabulary: character, intensity, determination, toughness, blah, blah, blah...
...Blah Witch Project" was just that--blah. And not scary. Its appeal to the younger set is not so much in its "bold sense of withholding" and "seeming artlessness" but in its Grimm-Golding mix, which zeroes in on the adolescent psyche's worst fears: fear of getting lost in the woods (a la Hansel and Gretel)--leaving home and being without guidance--and fear of the anarchy and tragedy that can ensue without adult supervision (a la Lord of the Flies). Coupled with the reality of the recent high school shootings, this is truly a "grimm" tale that...
...Blah...
...Toscanini's: The `it' coffee. Colorful containers brighten a blah outfit...
...clones who imitate superbands like U2, Nirvana and the Cranberries. Lead singer Jo Lloyd manages to merely mimic Dolores O'Riordan's vocal stylings from "Zombie," that frantic, slightly nasal guttural pitch. Backed by random noise fillers consisting of drums and guitar, each song is a blur of blah and blech. Forgettable lyrics of the usual uber-topic, love, in all its iterations nicely round out this disappointing disc. With the rise of this new crop of artificially-flavored pop bands, the music scene is crying uncle for a new sound that is not some retro-fitted version...