On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Picked up the new Old 97s record "Fight Songs" yesterday and I dig it
> alot. But I think those early reviews about it being a radical departure
> are a bit overstated. There are new song structures and more
> multi-tracked vocals and harmonies on great new tunes like
> "Oppenheimer", "Murder" and "19". But their signature sound is still
> there in the galloping beats and weird "strangled" guitar sound on many
> of the tracks.
I'll buy that. Songs like "Jagged," "Indefinitely," and "Let The Idiot
Speak" are very much in the mold of what they've done before. There's a
bit more musical subtlety employed, but Fight Songs is still very much a
97s record. The songs are also damn good, which for me anyway, is the
bottom line.--don
