Not much in common musically here, other than their likelihood to appeal to a broad spectrum of indie rock fans, and that they all came out last week.
So, forgetting all the hype, which was the better release of March 6, 2007?
I'm taking !!!
― MC, Monday, 12 March 2007 16:58 (eighteen years ago)
I haven't heard Myth Takes yet, but this review annoyed me:
Mythbusters
Brooklyn dance-punk octet frees minds most adeptly when their mouths are shut
by Mikael Wood
March 9th, 2007 2:08 PM
!!!
Jake Price
!!!
Myth Takes
Warp
be social
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* most popular
* most emailed
Skin, Glitter, and Tunes: Roxy R.I.P
by Willie Davis
In Defense of Ultragrrrl
by Tricia Romano
Low Libidos, Chocolate Genital Sprinkles, and Couple Porn
Savage Love by Dan Savage
Celebrating Damballah: A Canarsie Vodou Ceremony
by Stephanie Keith
Do You Miss Our Constitution?
Give Me Liberty by Nat Hentoff
Low Libidos, Chocolate Genital Sprinkles, and Couple Porn
Savage Love by Dan Savage
In Defense of Ultragrrrl
by Tricia Romano
Do You Miss Our Constitution?
Give Me Liberty by Nat Hentoff
Captain Halliburton and His Loyal Sidekick Scooter
Sutton Impact by Ward Sutton
Air America's Green Revolution
Press Clips by Keach Hagey
Listening to !!! for the lyrics is dumber than reading Playboy for the articles. Really, it's like reading Playboy for the paper cuts—only instead of injuring your fingers, singer Nic Offer's words hurt your head. "Sometimes it really glitters/And sometimes it's even gold," dude sings in the title track from Myth Takes. "But baby, when it isn't/Then it must be rock 'n' roll." Craig Finn doing Billy Joel doing the guy from Wolfmother: not a good look.
As anyone who's seen one of the Brooklyn band's delirious live shows can attest, what you come to !!! for is groove—no other group in Indieland are as committed to turning the beat around. Myth Takes, their third album, throbs with endless motion: "All My Heroes Are Weirdos" has abandoned-warehouse oil-barrel blasts that restyle Einstürzende Neubauten as disco divas; "Yadnus" swipes Gary Glitter's patented glam-shuffle swing, then piles on shivery post-punk guitars; "A New Name" does for the tambourine what "House of Jealous Lovers" did for the cowbell.
Yet even if the lyrics actively discourage the application of your undivided attention, this is !!!'s most songful work yet—a surprising development, given that Myth Takes is the band's first full-length for Warp, where songfulness is valued even less than showmanship. "Sweet Life," for instance, adheres to a tidy verse-chorus structure (and features one of the group's catchiest vocal hooks), while "Heart of Hearts," with guest female vocals from Shannon Funchess, harkens back to the hair-metal r&b En Vogue invented on Funky Divas. "Must Be the Moon" must be the octet's bid for a dance-punk breakthrough: Never before have they condensed their eternal churn down to such a potent piece of pop. The effect, perhaps, of covering Nate Dogg and Magnetic Fields on a 2005 EP. It's 45 minutes of funk in a five-minute chunk.
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 15 March 2007 13:13 (eighteen years ago)
Myth Takes > Neon Bible >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Weirdness
That said,
The Stooges >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> !!! > The Arcade Fire *
* I'm clearly having a hard time coming to terms with how much I like Neon Bible. I understand that I'm supposed to hate it. I even understand why and how I'm supposed to hate it. I just ... don't. The bullshit emotionalism registers, but it doesn't stick in my craw. I like the songs, the sounds and the production. Maybe I'll get over it -- like with Hot Chip.
― Pye Poudre, Thursday, 15 March 2007 13:59 (eighteen years ago)