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DOES THIS LOOK INFECTED?
METALLICA lives!! No wait, IRON MAIDEN lives!!! Ah crap, wait... 80s THRASH LIVES!!!....Ummm...
All of the above statements are TRUE.
The guys in SUM 41 have avoided the infamous "Sophomore Slump" with their second major label release, Does This Look Infected. This bunch of young Canadians has taken old-school Iron Maiden riffs, Metallica's Master Of Puppets-era harmonies, and some very hummable hooks, and produced twelve tracks, most of which are under three minutes in length, and half of which could be singles...and most likely will be. SUM 41 has proven that the music bidness operates in cycles; essentially, the kids that grew up listening to early-80s rock and punk grew up to form bands like SOUNDGARDEN, NIRVANA, and ALICE IN CHAINS, while the kiddies that grew up listening to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Metallica are growing up and ending up in bands like SUM 41.
Some of the stronger tracks are "Over My Head" (attention A&R Guy: This should be a single. You're a retard if it isn't)... "Mr. Amsterdam" (A very obvious Master Of Puppets tribute...only it doesn't last seven minutes)..."Hell Song" is another track that should probably be making it to MTV as well.
Also present on this disc is the return of rock vocals. Gone are the monotone dronings that dominated 90s bands. Finally, guys with some kind of range are showing up... unfortunately, they ALL sound like Dexter Holland from The OFFSPRING (minor setback, but I'll take that over Scott Stapp's voice any day of the week).
Tracks include:
01 - Hell Song
02 - Over My Head
03 - My Direction
04 - Still Waiting
05 - Asshole
06 - Yesterday.com
07 - All Messed Up
08 - Mr - Amsterdam
09 - Thanks for Nothing
10 - Hyper-Insomnia
11 - Billy Spleen
12 - Hooch
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