Word: vocals
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...upbeat, danceable reggae. The best song here, the aggressively catchy L-L-Lies, works because the accusatory tone of the lyrics allows King to show some verve and edge. Some of the other songs on the album are a bit too sugary and overproduced. King has a vibrant vocal presence and doesn't need adornment. She's best when she goes down like black coffee--strong, sharp and hot. She's one to watch...
...call Floyd Lloyd's strength instrumentals. The album's three entirely instrumental tracks, all recorded with the group the Potato 5, are not successful. Instead of featuring interesting instrumental solos or themes, these songs provide a sort of base rhythm. Reminiscent of songs that carry the melody in the vocal with the vocal part suddenly removed, the musical themes demonstrated here could serve as the foundation for more complex and complete pieces, but as they are, the songs are tedious...
...Government" and "I'm Telling Tim" are cut-and-paste replicas of songs from the Fuck the Kids EP that came out late last year. Nothing could scream laziness more, except splicing distinctive harmony from another NOFX album onto So Long. Well, the band does just that. The vocal cascade at the end of "All Outta Angst" is recycled straight from "Leave It Alone" o Punk In Drublic...
While Clinton's generation of women was so vocal about having families, careers and doing everything perfectly, our generation tries to keep mum. We are advised in law school not to wear our wedding band or engagement ring to job interviews for fear that employers will view us as baby machines, women too distracted by a family to devote 80 hours a week...
That is what the last year-and-a-half have been about for Counting Crows, but it certainly has not been easy. For starters, Duritz was plagued again with vocal problems. Nodes on his vocal chords caused last year's show in New Haven to end early, and then resulted in the cancellation of four concerts with the Wallflowers this summer--including two nights at Great Woods. The length of the tour has also been difficult. "A year and a half is a lot of your life," says Duritz, who indicates that the band's next tour might have...