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APOLOGIES FOR THE LACK OF PLEASING VISUAL MEDIA ON THIS POST - BLOGGER'S HAVING NONE OF IT AT THE MOMENT.
It's more than just their shared hometown in common between Scissor Sisters and The Rapture; sometimes they're not just refrential to their musical heroes, they positively rip them off - but because they both do a good job they're worth a listen.
It's the dreaded second album for the Scissor Sisters and although things have changed they have also remained paradoxily the same, it's all quite good stuff - with the odd turkey chucked in for good luck. Bee Gees, Elton John (circa 1972), David Bowie, Queen and more are all very lovingly recreated with varying degrees of success (and is it that really a sample of the theme tune to Men Behaving Badly that I can hear on track 2?).
Despite dropping their production team of the DFA, and now under the watchful eye of Danger Mouse among others, The Rapture pull off a couple of tunes which would not be out of place on an LCD Soundsystem or even an Audio Bullys album. Not only that but the The Cure influences so obvious from their first album remain (or the Robert Smith impersonations at least....) and you still half expect Luke Jenner to break into 'Boys Don't Cry' on more than one occasion. It's still a good album, the influences are all quite solid after all but there's a struggle going on here to find their own sound.
I'm contemplating putting together compilations that source the reference for the tracks on these two albums..... let me know if you have any thoughts yourself.
It's more than just their shared hometown in common between Scissor Sisters and The Rapture; sometimes they're not just refrential to their musical heroes, they positively rip them off - but because they both do a good job they're worth a listen.
It's the dreaded second album for the Scissor Sisters and although things have changed they have also remained paradoxily the same, it's all quite good stuff - with the odd turkey chucked in for good luck. Bee Gees, Elton John (circa 1972), David Bowie, Queen and more are all very lovingly recreated with varying degrees of success (and is it that really a sample of the theme tune to Men Behaving Badly that I can hear on track 2?).
Despite dropping their production team of the DFA, and now under the watchful eye of Danger Mouse among others, The Rapture pull off a couple of tunes which would not be out of place on an LCD Soundsystem or even an Audio Bullys album. Not only that but the The Cure influences so obvious from their first album remain (or the Robert Smith impersonations at least....) and you still half expect Luke Jenner to break into 'Boys Don't Cry' on more than one occasion. It's still a good album, the influences are all quite solid after all but there's a struggle going on here to find their own sound.
I'm contemplating putting together compilations that source the reference for the tracks on these two albums..... let me know if you have any thoughts yourself.
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