New Music

Got a few new albums to review, each will get their own treatment, but here’s a quick tease…

.Recent listens:

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Gomez - Split The Difference

Muse - Absolution

Velvet Revolver - Contraband

I was really surprised by how much I liked the Velvet Revolver album. Muse sound like they’re trying too hard to be Radiohead, and Gomez was just middle of the road rock. As for Franz Ferdinand, well, one of the songs is overtly homosexual, which, for me, now taints the rest of the album during repeated listens. The music is still good, but knowing that the lyrics are directed towards men lessens my enjoyment of the songs. It’s hard to explain, but I like to think that I can somehow relate to the lyrics of the bands I like to listen to, and in this case, I just can’t. They’re out and their proud - just be ready for it when you listen. To be clear, I do not begrudge anyone their right to express their romantic feelings, it’s just that my romantic feelings have historically been directed towards women, and will continue to be so. I’ve therefore gravitated towards lyrics that express those sentiments. This hasn’t decreased my enjoyment of bands such as Belle & Sebastian, but then, they’ve been a bit more ambigious in their lyrics, or maybe I just haven’t paid as much attention to them because the music is so great.