Here's a bit of a preview for the next issue of Tsunami magazine - my review of everyone's favourite new MySpace Darlings, She Wants Revenge.
She Wants Revenge
Self-Titled
(Geffen)
Rating: 1/10
This is a public service announcement for all applicable musicians: please stop trying to recreate the music of the 1980s. That decade has come and gone, and during its run it blessed us with tons and tons of good music, but alas, all good things must come to an end sometime, and that time has passed us. Take a look at your calendar see? Its 2006, youre twenty goddamn years too late. Furthermore, before releasing some 80s revival tripe, make sure that it doesnt sound exactly like Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy and Bauhaus. As cool and brilliant as those bands were, ripping them off without adding a speck of originality into the mix merely makes those old records sound better and your lame attempts at recreating a magic that died twenty years ago sound even more pathetic. Please, please put the synth down, put a sledgehammer to your drum machine, and slap yourself the next time you try to put on a fake British accent and sound like Ian Curtis. You might as well ship the records jewel case with an old post-punk record in it instead of your own. Just fucking stop it already. Seriously.
Rob S.
People tell me that I'm angry. I honestly have no idea what they're talking about.
She Wants Revenge
Self-Titled
(Geffen)
Rating: 1/10
This is a public service announcement for all applicable musicians: please stop trying to recreate the music of the 1980s. That decade has come and gone, and during its run it blessed us with tons and tons of good music, but alas, all good things must come to an end sometime, and that time has passed us. Take a look at your calendar see? Its 2006, youre twenty goddamn years too late. Furthermore, before releasing some 80s revival tripe, make sure that it doesnt sound exactly like Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy and Bauhaus. As cool and brilliant as those bands were, ripping them off without adding a speck of originality into the mix merely makes those old records sound better and your lame attempts at recreating a magic that died twenty years ago sound even more pathetic. Please, please put the synth down, put a sledgehammer to your drum machine, and slap yourself the next time you try to put on a fake British accent and sound like Ian Curtis. You might as well ship the records jewel case with an old post-punk record in it instead of your own. Just fucking stop it already. Seriously.
Rob S.
People tell me that I'm angry. I honestly have no idea what they're talking about.
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Nothing at all wrong with being angry
And thank you for your good wishes