quoted 29 lines On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 7:31 pm, rhino wrote:
>On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 7:31 pm, rhino wrote:
>>I quite enjoyed Adult.'s Resuscitation disc back a few years ago and well I
>>kinda spaced out and forgot to pick up Anxiety Always (although I'll have to
>>track it down now just out of curiosity). They are playing Milwaukee later
>>this week so I went and scooped up the newer one Gimme Trouble and well, now
>>I'm not sure if I want to go now. I suppose I missed a transitional step
>>with AA but wh....what the hell happened? I liked the stoic sorta
>>Kraftwerk-y vibe of the first disc but the new one is...just...strange.
>>Doesn't even sound like the same people...
>> thanks,
>> rhino
>>
>
>They aren't the same people that I met pre anxiety always, or
>perhaps they were always the way they are and the times assisted
>their change. When I interviewed them they said they were punk
>rock, not electroclash, a term they despised. But then they became
>more and more electroclash, almost definers of the genre with miss
>kitten and fisherspooner (who they also frowned upon). But they also
>had that punk element in there.
>
>Resuscitation was my favourite album as well, and some of the b
>sides inbetween that and anxiety always were bomb as all getout. But
>after that album it all changed, I skipped out on them in atlanta in
>favor of recloose. They just don't have the paranoid feel that the
>first album gave me.
>
>Mostly I don't want to be let down from the favourable days of yore,
>much like I was with nin's new album.
nin has been a letdown for almost a decade. there are flashes of
good stuff but he's not hungry or angry in the same way he was 12-16
years ago. he can't be. people change, same with adult.
i too generally prefer 'resuscitation', but there are really good
tracks on 'anxiety always'. definitely pick that one up too. the
lyrics are still very alienated and the sounds are also weird and
atonal.
the new stuff does take some getting used to. it is actually more
like punk with the addition of live bass and guitar. but much
quirkier and less robotic and ominous. pretty fun live actually, it
may make a better show than before (just a theory - i've never seen
them before the d.u.m.e. tour so i can't compare though).
for the rest, i suggest you pick up the XLR8R cover story on them
from a few months back for the answers to your "what happened?"
questions in their own words:
http://www.xlr8r.com/magazine.php?uid=114B7745232F842D340CA6855CEF4947
d.
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