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So I'm going to get this started, as I think the listening party is good idea for our little community. Suede was mentioned several times in the last thread, so I went ahead and listened to the debut.
This is some good-old guitar rock with huge riffs and even larger hooks. It felt good to be back in that Brit-Pop environment, where the singer isn't afraid to let everything out like he's just assuming he is performing in front of thousands of people. My most immediate point of comparison is Definitely Maybe, but I feel like Suede are more subtle and cerebral than the lads from Oasis, even if that isn't saying very much. Anyway, the album had a definite sonic theme, but the songs were varied enough that the guitar heroics did not become repetitive or cloying. That's the mark of a strong guitarist, and now I wonder if that guitarist is the bloke whom the Pitchfork writers spend two-thirds of each Suede review discussing. My favorite tracks on first listen were So Young and Sleeping Pills.
Looking forward to Dog Man Star next.
This is some good-old guitar rock with huge riffs and even larger hooks. It felt good to be back in that Brit-Pop environment, where the singer isn't afraid to let everything out like he's just assuming he is performing in front of thousands of people. My most immediate point of comparison is Definitely Maybe, but I feel like Suede are more subtle and cerebral than the lads from Oasis, even if that isn't saying very much. Anyway, the album had a definite sonic theme, but the songs were varied enough that the guitar heroics did not become repetitive or cloying. That's the mark of a strong guitarist, and now I wonder if that guitarist is the bloke whom the Pitchfork writers spend two-thirds of each Suede review discussing. My favorite tracks on first listen were So Young and Sleeping Pills.
Looking forward to Dog Man Star next.