Deliveries

Ahhh, the music era is coming back up again. Unfortunately the money is not, so I spent the last three hours just drooling at a dozen cds I had in hand I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally wanted to buy... but I'm a good boy, and I didn't.

And speaking of music, the new album from She Wants Revenge finally came out! This Is Forever was released only a few days ago, and still already managed to capture my attention. Don't be fooled, this is no debut album like the first one, I don't really think anyone would disagree about that. But it does not mean that This Is Forever can't be a good album - it is, the erotic darkwave premiss can still be heard and felt at the tip of your tongue and raise your body hairs like a television full of electrical static. And that's basically the whole contract... because SWR won't get much further away from that. So it seems like a deja-vu, and you will find nothing really new and refreshing about this new release. The sound and the taste remain the same, which is good, if you didn't get tired of the 2005's debut album.
The track "She Will Always Be a Broken Girl" seems to me like they did some cheating; it resembles a lot like the 2005 track "These Things"... with different beat and lyrics. Maybe they were getting out of their traditional recipee.

Another sensation of the week is the new Babyshambles album, Shotter's Nation. And much like the previous Down In Albion, it's hard not to enjoy it, but it's somewhat difficult to love it. That just might be a general problem with this kind of danceable-post-punk-indie-rock hippie sensation of nowadays; it feels right anytime, anywhere. But you simply don't miss it very often, even though you know you'll shake your booty to it whenever it starts playing. Shotter's Nation presents itself as what you expect it to be, 100% free of complications and confusing feelings attached. It will make us content, tap our fingers in the table, and listen more than once in a day, just because it feels right.

But the true sensation of the week, and probably for the whole month, is In Rainbows, the new "album" from Radiohead. I called it "album" since it's not an official commercial release, at least not in the traditional way we are used to. (yes, you may get it for free online, after a few days of waiting in queue). The very first track from this new release just feels like Radiohead, one would recognize it anywhere, anytime. I must admit I'm somewhat tired of the Radiohead feeling, well, the Thom Yorke feeling actually, so I didn't take this as good news to me. But as I kept listening to the album I found myself enjoying it quite a lot, the same way I enjoy listening to [what I call] emotionally neutral albums which you know it's safe to listen to. And unlike Hail To The Thief, you can safely tag this as the old and delicious alternative rock they made us so afraid to use. Far from being a complicated album, it has a very natural feeling attached and you slowly start to get caught in the middle of the whole processing.
No, it's not an Ok Computer, especially because this is not the 90's anymore... so In Rainbows feels like a Chocolate Cornetto on a rather cold Autumn afternoon. Personally, I've had it with Cornetto's. But I must admit that if I had never tried one, I think I would start to eat them more often from now on. It's just not the right time.

And I already got my ticket to The Cure :)