I know I’m a bit of a curmudgeon and a massive misanthrope, so perhaps I’m more easily ired than some, or even most. But this… this got me, most unexpectedly, fuelling my fire before I even got to the music itself, for reasons I can’t even explicitly pinpoint:
‘Ruby Bones was at a precipice. Did they need to write a record lamenting the current doom and gloom of the world? To highlight the never-ending news, the feelings of being stuck inside? Or did they want to write an album for the aftermath a party record for their friends to rage to. They chose the latter.’
Maybe it’s the misanthropy that rails against the idea of anything resembling a party.
‘Laser Tooth Tiger’ isn’t as bad as all that. It’s high on energy, a rambunctious, boisterous indie record and for the most part it’s… ok. They’ve got the bluster of the mid-noughties indie underground – think Forward Russia and This Et Al, and perhaps with a hint of The Wedding Present, but diluted to something altogether more tepid and mediocre. Landfill indie? Well, yes, and even the sax can’t redeem it. There are occasional guitar breaks that ape J Mascis, notably on the album’s opener, ‘Tired Eyes’ and midway through on ‘Ancient Power’ – but it feels like something of a misrepresentation, because they’re not that good.
So while there’s nothing wrong with this in the slightest, there’s also nothing much to differentiate it from an infinite array of other bands.
|
‘Laser Tooth Tiger’ isn’t as bad as all that. It’s high on energy, a rambunctious, boisterous indie record and for the most part its… ok. They’ve got the bluster of the mid-noughties indie underground – think Forward Russia and This Et Al, and perhaps with a hint of The Wedding Present, but diluted to something altogether more tepid and mediocre. Landfill indie? Well, yes, and even the sax can’t redeem it. There are occasional guitar breaks that ape J Mascis, notably on the album’s opener, ‘Tired Eyes’ and midway through on ‘Ancient Power’ – but it feels like something of a misrepresentation, because they’re not that good.
So while there’s nothing wrong with this in the slightest, there’s also nothing much to differentiate it from an infinite array of other bands.
|
