What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (digital)



Starting to really like these guys. Recently listened to the new album, but only once, and it was ok. This previous effort, which is their third, has benn on heavy rotation all week, and was really sinking in. Craig Finns lyrics and phrasing are excellent. This was the first album to chart (U.K. - #84, U.S. - #24). Chips Ahoy and Stuck Between Stations were singles. Love them backing vocals on Chillout Tent and First Night is just an awesome song, headphones, a joint, I melted.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - South Town Girls

Best Track - First Night

Charlemagne shakes in the streets
Gideon makes love to the suites
and Holly's not invincible
in fact she's in the hospital
not far from that bar where we met
on that first night

Charlemagne pulls street corner scams
and Gideon's got a popcap
from a Pringles can
Holly's insatiable, she still looks incredible
But she don't look like
that same girl we met
on that first night
She was golden with floorlight and beer
on that first night
she slept like she'd never been scared

And then last night
She said "Words so long
never could save us."
And then last night
She cried and she told us about Jesus

Holly's inconsolable
Unhinged and uncontrollable
'Cause we can't get as high as we got
on that first night

Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America

Don't bother talking to the guys
with their hot soft eyes
you know they're already taken
Don't even speak to all those sequencer and beats boys
when they kiss they spit white noise
when they kiss they spit white noise
when they kiss they spit white noise
when they kiss they spit white noise
yeah, when they kiss they spit white noise
now when they kiss they spit white noise
when they kiss they spit white noise

1) Stuck Between Stations - *** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isvn_Dsj2bA
2) Chips Ahoy - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCZB3nSoNbU
3) Hot Soft Light - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-cjElnd_Fk
4) Same Kooks - * - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbBt7GtGt78
5) First Night - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeLnY35hOX4
6) Party Pit - **
7) You Can Make Him Like You - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdbjfJxlz18
8) Massive Nights - **
9) Citrus - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6-EQzvn4BU
10) Chill Out Tent - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqdT8tIrfEU
11) Southtown Girls - *

Rating - 2.1