Search - Louis Xiv :: Slick Dogs and Ponies Amended

Very Good, but doesn't Quite Measure Up

Danielle Lane | Horseshoe, North Carolina | 03/29/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This second release from Louis XIV, although having it's moments, didn't stand up to their debut of Best Little Secrets Kept. It definitely has a more mature sound but on a deep, dark-ier, moody vibe. The duo of Brian Karscig and Jason Hill lacks the more positive, up-beat silliness and humor on this album, the craft that made their first album such a success. Perhaps it has to do with life gone wasted with success, drug use and everything a new band experiences with new fame.



"Hopesick" was the most disappointing song on the album, because it sounds like a desperate and bleak ballad of what you'd expect from a big commercial rock band and not a hip indie/alternative band. It does have a few good songs like "Guilt by Association" and "Swarming of the Bees""