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Lucas' "other stuff" gives the album its edge with many high-energy melodies accompanied by his driving voice. At live performances, equipped with a guitar with bass pickups on the low strings, Lucas creates an intense atmosphere that brings back the glory days of shallow teen angst...
...real success of Pack Up The Cats is the second half of the album, which strays from typical rock conventions and moves toward a more expressive tone. The latter half also reveals the best of Local H: the guitars, bass and drive that makes you turn up the volume to ear-bleeding level and pound the crap out of your roommates. Save up any frustration before listening and let it loose singing along with both the vocals and the guitar, but be sure to take the occasional soft section as a break, because the intensity with which Local H hits...
During "How Can I Sing Like A Girl?" Flansburgh let the front row play his guitar, prompting him to comment after he received it that they must go to Berklee [College of Music] since his guitar was now in better tune than before he passed it to them. Continuing with the college theme, Linnell then introduced the next song as a "song in the same key [as the last one] for all you Berklee students." A spirited version of the classic "Birdhouse In Your Soul" followed, to the delight of the crowd...
...fact, many of TMBG's most beloved songs were radically reworked from their album versions at the concert, to great effect. "Ana Ng," one of their earlier rave-ups, was slowed down to an elegiac pace. "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" was almost unrecognizable on just a lone guitar with keyboards. "The Guitar" turned into a neo-hippie psychedelic experience, replete with feel-good arm-waving from the audience. "Particle Man" consisted of Linnell solo on the accordion. As an added bonus, this particular song's midsection included a hilarious interlude of "Kum-ba-ya," in a minor key, no less...
...number of serious, grave successes, such as the grim "Killafornia" and the spooky, spiritual "Illusions." Thus it is not surprising that the best songs on Cypress Hill IV are the ones that boast the most chilling sounds. "Dead Men Tell No Tales" is a pleasingly eerie mesh of quiet guitar riffs, chimes and the voice of B-Real clucking "Da da da daaa." "Prelude to a Come Up" features a strikingly solemn piano line that punctuates the lyrics, creating a softly mystical aura. And the album's best song, "From the Window of My Room," is exhilarating through its creepy...