The News Review:
- Evans doesn’t care if the music isn’t pretty
- Punk rockers’ reunion
- Strictly Personal
- Fall Out Boy wears it well with arena hair-metal disc
Evans doesn’t care if the music isn’t pretty
Chicago Tribune United States
” Lusties: “I could lock the doors. I could run and hide” sings Lusties frontwoman Edie Lustie on “Zombies” a melodic blast of punk rock guitar and throbbing bass that could double as the alternate soundtrack to a trashy B-horror flick. The cut among a handful streaming on the quartet’s. There’s nothing high-concept at work here (the band lists “beer” among its primary influences); this is a good-natured throwback to punk’s earliest raunchiest days. What else to make of a song as X-rated as “RubberMade”? At least one MySpace commenter seems to approve: “U were FANTASTIC last night.
Punk rockers’ reunion
Columbia Daily Tribune MO
As if the existence of a 1970s Sedalia punk rock band weren’t shocking enough here is some other news: The music is really really good. Driving guitars ragtag percussion passionate harmonies – this is authentically fantastic punk rock that is begging for some sort of reissue. Alas for now this show – the first since The Abusers’ 1982 breakup – will have to suffice. "I think the thing that was so remarkable about our band was that we practiced every day for two or three years going" vocalist Scott Swafford said. "We couldn’t get enough of it; we really wanted to be good.
Strictly Personal
New York Times United States
Less commercial alternative types of music like rap punk and indie rock have always touted honesty as a trump card. The idea is that artists making less comfortable music are actually better than their more successful counterparts ? they are “keeping it real” holding honesty and sincerity as higher artistic ideals. But is there such a thing as being too honest getting too personal or keeping it too real in song lyrics?I’ve asked myself these questions many times over the course of my 10 years making songs. I tend to write fairly personal lyrics. I was attracted to writing early on by the potential for songs to be painfully honest and the revelation that honesty could supersede prettiness when it came to making good music ? an empowering discovery for a person without very impressive vocal and instrumental abilities.
Fall Out Boy wears it well with arena hair-metal disc
Chicago Sun-Times United States
com>JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic jimdero@jimdero. In the end any purists offended by the band’s shuck and jive are just missing out on some harmless and irresistible fun. The fifth album from the onetime suburban Chicago punks and now multiplatinum superstars and gossip-column staples which arrives in stores Tuesday veers away from the subtle R&B undercurrents heard on last year’s “Infinity on High” — only the grandiose ballad “What a Catch Donnie” continues in that direction — in favor of the grand arena-rock stomp of whaddya know vintage hair metal. Yet this is delivered at tempos just punk enough to stave off undue pomp even when producer Neil Avron piles on the multitracked vocal harmonies synthesized orchestras grand pianos church choirs and generally superfluous guest cameos. (These include Lil Wayne Pharrell Williams Debbie Harry and Elvis Costello though only the latter can really even be heard briefly on the aforementioned ballad.
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