Very derivative, but with a spark of crazy imagination
jon sieruga | Redlands, CA USA | 06/29/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Recalling Weezer, Veruca Salt, Portishead, Big Star("Sister Lovers" era)and some weird cross-pollination of Blondie and Lagwagon, Mink Lungs are NOT the punk-rock Partridge Family described on the cover sticker(it was the main reason I bought the damn thing). But, if you can forgive the opening two tracks(which are excruciating), you get something a little offbeat in track #3("Men in Belted Sweaters")and it begins picking up from there. I especially liked #10 thru #17(with the exception of "Dishes", an ode to...dishwashing). Mink Lungs come on like a trippy '60's throwback(with a cover model who looks like Mia Farrow gulping a downer)but the music doesn't match the image(which is usually death). There are some very inspired bits, although the vocalists aren't wildly gifted. Advice: get rid of the groovy graphics, concentrate on ONE influence(the straightforward rock is much more appealing than the frat-boy sex stuff or the sci-fi take-offs). The playing is colorful and adept, as is some of the writing."
OPEN YOURS EARS !!
jon sieruga | 12/12/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"THIS IS THE WAY.NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO EXPLAIN IT.
JUST OPEN YOURS EARS.
DON'T WASTE MORE TIME.
TAKE IT !!"