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If I was the teacher of a pole dancing class, this record would soundtrack my every lesson. These beats are SAH-vere! But whereas the cover is outlandish and effervescent, the music within is actually very lifeless. The entire affair is disappointingly listless.At the beginning, it seems dangerous and sexy. It loses momentum quickly though and becomes nauseatingly repetitive. “So sexual, so conceptual”. She uses phrases like “come on”, beckoning hollow headed bimbos to shake their double Ds. What could have been ONE novel idea, is stretched beyond thrill like an elasticised love hole. “Talk To Me” stands out, but perhaps because it actually sounds melodic. It doesn’t just fall back on a relentless drum machine. Peaches wants to make Lady GaGa look like Taylor Swift, but GaGa can change skins. I Feel Cream has as much range as a cupboard. The first half is passably polished and sleek, but in the second half it takes a nose dive off a skyscraper. "Gonna cut this party down to size, gonna crush it with my thighs." Fucking shit. 41
CONTEXT: Peter, Bjorn And John sit down with their record label. Living Thing has been mixed and just needs the label’s stamp of disapproval. Exec: “Hey guys, um, great effort. Listen, just one minor quarrel I have with the new record, though I love the artwork by the way. None of the songs, how should I say, um, go anywhere? What I mean is that Living Thing is actually Inconsequential Thing. It’s um, Disaster Thing.”Peter, Bjorn And John *all at once*: “What?!?!”Exec: “Now, now, now, I know you guys have done the best record you could but it’s, uhhh, not very good. Don’t worry we’ll still be releasing Hollow Thing-"
Bjorn: “-Living Thing-”Exec: “-Limp Thing, but I can’t guarantee that the press is going to respond too favourably to the handful of minimalist noises you’ve called songs. But don’t worry, it’s too late now. Maybe with the next record you can take some of the recording equipment out of the water, so you know, the pop melodies don’t drown.”Peter: “Fuck you, you just want another ‘Young Folks’!”Bjorn: “Exactly!”John: “Yeah!”Exec: “Haha, yeah.” 42(45 - SM)
Combined Rating = 43.5
If I was the teacher of a pole dancing class, this record would soundtrack my every lesson. These beats are SAH-vere! But whereas the cover is outlandish and effervescent, the music within is actually very lifeless. The entire affair is disappointingly listless.
