Search - The Jennifers :: Book of Bad Advice

New Wave guitar rock indeed....

M. Alberts | seattle, wa United States | 10/12/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"At various times in listening to this disc, I heard different bands (even a few listed in the album description, which doesn't always happen). At first I thought I was listening to a band that was a big fan of "A Million Miles Away" by The Plimsouls. Then, as I listened more, I started to hear a more modern influence, one that reminded me a lot of "Frosting on the Beater"-era Posies. There was even some pure garage that reminded me of the raucus early Replacements just a bit. We're not talking music that will change the world, nor music that will harken in a major stylistic shift in the coming decade, but what we are talking about is a very welcome return to a time where rock music didn't require a lead singer screaming and wailing about the time his now-dead mother accidently poisoned his dog and now, because of it, he can't pay his rent. This is good, straight-ahead guitar rock that has you tapping your toes and remembering (in my case) just how good it was to hear college rock live in the mid-to-late 80s when everyone else was listening to Michael Jackson and New Edition."