Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Langweilige Kacka
Chill record. This feels like it has the exact same influences as yesterdays album, "Beyond Skin" by Nitin Sawhney, but it's just not as good. Too stoney and boring. After the first two songs I thought it was very poppy, and imagined an indian version of the Verve, but it gets a bit more interesting as it moves on. Just not good. It has no vibe at all. Obviously I like "Norwegian Wood", but it's not their song so it doesen't count. 1
Had to turn it off after a couple of songs as I found it very irritating.
bullshit
In the early 2000s, you'd hear the term 'Eurotrash' a lot. I kinda liked that term, kind of like a badge of honor because most of the people using it had bad taste. It was similar to being called a Texan. Which, depending on your social circles was either an extreme insult, or badge of honor. [Though, Texans are the only people that would consider this a badge of honor]. Anyhow, after listening to this album, I'd like to introduce another term. 'Brit shit'. I don't use this term like, 'Yeah! That's the shit!,' but more of a 'Oh man, you stepped in shit ... and it's got bad teeth.' The music coming out of Cornershop is what happens when you create by committee. This music has no backbone, it's absolutely flaccid and that tambourine isn't helping. There's no coherence here. There are seven members in this band and the music presents like everyone is leading it. The abundance of samples and inclusion of unique noises gives me anxiety. Candyman, for example has some guy rapping against a sampled ukele, some gospel chorus and a muffled man talking gibberish in the background with some errant clapping. This cluttered instrumentation is all over this album. To come full circle I would categorize this album as Brit shit, and for reference here's what that means: Texans Cornershop Eurotrash
Not my cup of tea.
Bad. Random noise.
Pretty awful. Not sure why it is in this list.
Awful stuff, dull, forgettable and even their “best” song needed fatboy slim to remix it into something worth listening to
Nope
I'd never heard of this band - missed them first time around apparently - which is kind of fun to have zero preconceived notions... Upon first (and only, to be fair) play it has sort of an immediate lo-fi reggae type beat which is definitely not my cup of tea. "Brimful of Asha" was apparently the big hit and it is boring me to tears with its standard I-IV-V progression over and over and over and... etc etc. It sounds like they wrote it in literal real-time. ...hmm...after careful analysis, i think what the singer is trying to tell us is that the funky days are back again and that everybody needs a bosom for a pillow.... /s ok I don't love to criticize acts that I either don't know much about or don't like the sub-genre but I gotta be honest with myself I was really really annoyed by this entire album; either with the mis-timed loops ("Butter the Soul") or in general - it sounds like guys got high and just giggled their way through assembling this album with loops, simple chord progressions, and repetitive lyrics. Just throwing in random samples of voices and scratches/beats isn't clever or remotely interesting for me, and it only sounds like pandering...like "aren't we cool? We're so modern and hip!" I'm not (necessarily) looking for a freaking Yes tune or even complexity. Technology is vital and co-opting it is important. But. You still have to write a damn song. At best boring boring boring and at worst annoying as shit. Hated it. 1/10 1 star
Really didn't enjoy apart from brimful of asha.
All single paced and completely forgettable
Awful stuff, dull, forgettable and even their “best” song needed fatboy slim to remix it into something worth listening to
15 Songs. What are butter the soul and chocolat about? But then there's it's Indian tobacco my friend...
Not into this one