GARBAGE'S previous single, "Breaking Up The Girl" was a pleasant surprise for this reviewer, who'd previously (at times, anyway) had a tendency to write them off as a cold, calculated outfit almost indecently in thrall to technology.
That record was a winsome, slinky effort, revealing Shirley Manson capable of seduction without jettisoning tunes, but unfortunately "Shut Your Mouth" again reveals the ugly underneath in GARBAGE'S oeuvre.
Actually pretty typical in a fourth-single-culled-remorselessly-from-the-album kinda way, "Shut Your Mouth," grunts and bustles, stuttering away with lots of abrasive guitar overload and the sort of quasi-industrial sheen that would no doubt have Trent Reznor rubbing his hands with glee.
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Sadly, the end result is all rather less than the sum of its' parts and despite all the sonic finery and the studio jewellery is ultimately more a case of emperor's new clothes rather than dressing to impress.
"Beautifulgarbage" is no mean album, but this was never one of the better tracks and isolated it fares little better.
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