Thursday, October 25, 2007
Hey DJs, this is one of the music directors Brandon. One of the main goals of this blog is to give you all heads-up on the cds we have in the add bin and new ones that just came out! So here is the Say Anything review!:
Say Anything - In Defense Of The Genre :
October 23rd brings us the release of Say Anything's new highly anticipated album "In Defense Of The Genre". One can only guess this title derives from Max's conflict with indie/emo legend Mike Kinsella (ex Cap'n Jazz). In a fueded arguement, both sent letters to a magazine where Mike Kinsella offered that all the new bands that came out recently, to disband in order to save music. Max, defends the genre saying how Mike started this emo genre with his endless important bands and refutes all of Mike's statements. Which brings us to In Defense Of The Genre..
... An epic cd no doubt, one can immediately notice the 27 tracks spanned across 2 cds and would be surprised. Ambitious? Of course, but worth it. The longest songs seem to breeze by and not drag out. Even tiny songs such as "Hangover song" give decent one liners and quite catchy making one wish it was longer. Looking at the first single "Baby Girl, I'm a Blur" feels like a Hellogoodbye b-side (touring with btw) but nonetheless a good track. Not the best lyrics Bemis has supplied but still support the catchy song. Another Hellogoodbye sounding track is "No Soul" but is better in my opinion. One of the standout tracks to me (based on first listening) is Shiksa (Girlfriend) that starts out with a background choir singing blah over Max. It then kicks into a tiny The Anniversary keyboard moment, then into good ole Say Anything rock. Rumor has it, this will be the second single and rightfully so. The title track "In Defense of the Genre" starts out very much so like a metal garage band would sound like. It then kicks up at 0:30 perfectly into another great song. Even Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is featured in this song!
What's cool about the newest cd from Say Anything, is that it features guest vocalists from Pete Yorn, Anthony Green of Circa Survive, Chris Conly of Saves The Day, Adam Lazarra and Fred of Taking Back Sunday, Hayley of Paramore, Chad and Jordan of New Found Glory, Chris Carraba of Dashboard Confessional, and others! The only thing that upset me about the guest vocals are really Hayley's parts. With the capabilities with her voice, I feel as though she could've been used more to harmonize and accent her lines better. Otherwise, the other guest vocalists are used appropriately and at great spots.
Luckily for us DJs this cd is edited so worrying about those swear words won't be an issue as the original has some fucks in it. As for a recap of the cd, its a great cd for 2007 and while not the best this year, still a great cd for the end of 2007. While the whole cd is great (and i'm sure you'll find your faves) my favorite tracks are:
cd1:
4: Surgically Removing The Tracking Device
7: Shiksa (Girlfriend)
8: Baby Girl I'm A Blur
13: Sorry Dudes My Bad
cd2:
2: In Defense Of The Genre
7: You're A Wanker If Anyone Is
11: Hangover Song
12: Goodbye Young Tutor, You've now Outgrown Me
14:Plea
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2 comments:
dont forget about matt skiba from alkaline trio on "about falling!" awesome cd.
my only prior association with this band was "yeah, i can be sexual too." i was very suprised to put on "goodbye to my tutor" and hear a completely different side to them. almost like a ballad. good stuff.
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