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The BrunettesMars Loves Venus Reverberation Ah, pop music. I often have a lot of albums to listen to at once, and they can go anywhere from loud, drum-heavy guitar music to ambient electronic experimentalism. But almost always my pile will have a simple, unpretentious pop record to cheer me up at the end of a long day. Almost invariably, that pop record will be quite mediocre, and I will grow annoyed with it after a while. The Brunettes fit this description quite nicely, and while they are better than some of the stock-standard pop bands around, they don't exactly match up to the standard by the pacesetters (The Anyones, for example, or Dave McCormack). Basically, this album is chock-full of male/female harmonies and stupid lyrics. The first two tracks, Mars Loves Venus and Loopy Loopy Love, are perfect examples of this ("I'm going to kill a cupid / 'Cause a cupid causes love." What?) But then, they're just so damn catchy, and so damn happy, how can I really argue? Besides, anytime I hear a guitar double-tracked with a xylophone, I can't help but smile. And this happens in just about every song on this album. There are also some great musical moments on this album - the organ that introduces Too Big For Gidget is an awesome sound, although the lyrics are a little too inane for my taste. Then again, there are some good lines on this record - You Beautiful Militant, quite a nifty song, features the classic rhyme, "Your consumer rights are consuming your nights." Priceless. I may never listen to this record again, but it has travelled quite well with me so far.  |
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