I bought this Harvey Danger album because I liked a few songs on another Harvey Danger album; turns out that the properties I enjoyed elsewhere were not transitive. This one lacks the energy of songs like "Flagpole Sitta" and, better yet, Carlotta Valdez", and to some extent, it feels like there's a disconnect between Sean Nelson, the alterna-hipster lyricist with the capability of punk (the band's Seattle-based), and the rest of the band, who seem merely to be strumming along, at some distance from their potent leader. There's one pretty great song on this album: "Sad Sweet Heart of the Rodeo", which makes me believe that the Harvey Danger I liked still existed when this album was released; they just didn't manage to capture it very accurately in the studio.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Harvey Danger, King James Version
I bought this Harvey Danger album because I liked a few songs on another Harvey Danger album; turns out that the properties I enjoyed elsewhere were not transitive. This one lacks the energy of songs like "Flagpole Sitta" and, better yet, Carlotta Valdez", and to some extent, it feels like there's a disconnect between Sean Nelson, the alterna-hipster lyricist with the capability of punk (the band's Seattle-based), and the rest of the band, who seem merely to be strumming along, at some distance from their potent leader. There's one pretty great song on this album: "Sad Sweet Heart of the Rodeo", which makes me believe that the Harvey Danger I liked still existed when this album was released; they just didn't manage to capture it very accurately in the studio.
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