Let's talk about "Fundamental"

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

One listen, only one track i want to relisten to right now. Maybe two. (Meanwhile I'm in love with the new Futureheads album.)

We could talk about how crushing it is to find your relationship with a band has hit total apathy (another PSB album? oh right), and how a band you once loved fit to busting, a part of your identity has gone a bit meh. We could talk about new/old passions. The PSB's self described "imperial phase" (and that theory applied elsewhere).

Or we could say, well tune X is ok, and the lyrics are fun, where are the exciting bits, blah?

Let's not talk about if they are pop or indie. they are both, and it doesn't matter. they ARE pop, and we talk about that here

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

When I heard that a new PSB album was forthcoming I got briefly excited, then I remembered that it was 2006 and their heyday is ridiculously far behind us. I would not have bothered buying it, but I copied it off the promo someone else got sent, and I listened to it once, and I will not listen to it again. The music is OK I guess (except that "OK I guess" is NOT GOOD ENOUGH when it comes to PSB); the lyrics are what distress me most as they're just appalling and clunky.

I think there should be a compulsory retirement age for pop stars, and exceptions would only be made if they could prove that they were still making music on a par with their peak (eg Madge).

[cis.livejournal.com]

but by that logic we would have force-retired Madge at American Life and therefore not got what came after it, no?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh but American Life was at least half-great to balance out the half-dire! It had 'Die Another Day' on it => keep on keepin' on, Madge.