Emily: A few songs into this album, I turned to Zack (who was sitting next to me on the couch watching TV) and told him that I thought this album sounded like spooky Halloween noises. It reminded me so much of the CD you buy at the costume store to provide some ~ambiance~ for the haunted house in your suburban garage. This album is mostly just weird noises being passed off as experimental music. Although a few of the later tracks did actually have some melody and rhythm to them, those aspects were overshadowed by the sheer weirdness and dissonance of it all. The Halloween vibes may have been seasonally appropriate, but if that's what I wanted I would've just turned on the Monster Mash.
Favorite Tracks: Hold Hands and It Will Happen Anyway; We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own; If You're A Wizard Then Why Do You Wear Glasses?
Zack: You know how I normally bemoan every post punk
album for sounding identical and just generally not being very interesting.
Well, the good news is that I won’t be doing that on this one. For starters, I
thought this album might have promise because it appears towards the end of the
post punk list I created, and I generally tend to like bands considered post
punk revival (Klaxons, Interpol). But apparently I just completely
misclassified it. This album really belonged in the experimental rock category,
and it is pretty clear to me know that this is less Kaiser Chiefs and more a
swarm of bees driven mad with bloodlust. It was really unpleasant and strange,
which made it very different from all of those 80s post punk albums, but not at
all in a good way. I thoroughly disliked this album, and I honestly struggle to
find any redeeming qualities about it. I would have gladly taken an uninspiring
but innocuous 80s album by like Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Favorite Tracks: We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of
Our Own; There's Always Room on the Broom; Hold Hands and It Will Happen Anyway
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