INKSTAND

I haven’t heard an entire Imperial Teen album before this, but I have heard three earlier singles. I enjoyed each one a lot, so when Jeremy’s friend Derek said they had put out a new album this year I thought I’d check it out. I had been wanting to get some new music lately so this was a good lead. The album isn’t as good as the singles I heard before, but it still has it’s merits. It’s clear that the rockers are aging and it is reflected in some of their lyrics. The tunes are good and make me want to dance, but not rock out like the others. So here, listen to these older songs instead. Although the band might have never achieved super stardom because they don’t have a knack for making videos.

In my search for new music I thought I’d get an Arcade Fire album. My uber snob best friend told me to check them out a couple of years ago. If he liked them, it was surely worth a listen. Still, I never gave them that listen. I finally decided to, becasue they seem to be getting high acclaim and some of my favorite bands have come out of Canada. When I went to the record store I chickened out and just bought a Ween album instead.
At first listen I was disapointed. It seemed that Gene and Dean were stonder than usual and just phoned this one in. A lot of droney songs with repetetive lyrics relying heavily on their weird vocal effects. But after listening more I noticed a few more rocking moments with their fun guitar licks and some of the songs I thought were boring before became more catchy. There are still a lot of parts I skip over. I have yet to find an album by Ween better than the Mollusk.

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