And You Think You Know What Life’s About

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Author: Dishwalla

Release Date: 11-08-1998

Details: Review Take away some of the decidedly ’90s-style techno effects and this album of power anthems sounds like something by Journey. — PeopleThis angst-filled and metal-tinged sophomore try sinks quickly under the weight of overblown emotion and puerile lyrics. — The Los Angeles Times Amazon.ca Southern California’s Dishwalla are a lot like a serial killer. A la the most cunning sociopath, the group disguises dark intentions in a swirling head-swim of charming guitar notes and a volley of regular-joe vocals. It’s music that fits right into a crowded playlist (witness the success of « Counting Blue Cars »)–pop-gilded rock that doesn’t mean any real harm. Get close enough to it, though, and its knife is unsheathed and glinting. We’re talking trenchcoat-sinister. There’s a tangible creepiness running through the suggestive, lumbering melodies and in the effortless, disarming murmur of front-stalker J.R. Richards. Richards somehow manages to instill threat into lines like « Staring at the wall because you know it understands » and « Nothing in motion, and I’m satisfied / No disappointment, until I wake up. » Huge power chords roil and groan beneath him, enhancing the hypnotic effect–probably the same spell Mowgli felt as Kaa the python tightened his « Trust in Me » coils around him. Strange to think that Dishwalla’s most intriguing feature is its, well, strangeness. But it’s true! One listen to a violet processional such as « Truth Serum » and you fall in line behind it, raptly moving to the beat. And by then it’s too late to escape. –Tom Lanham

UPC: 731454094825

EAN: 0731454094825

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood