Labels: Jade Tree Records
Review by: Andy Malcolm
It’s a fact. Jade Tree is losing it.
Let me explain:
- Turing Machine – dull as ditchwater instrumental noodlecrap
- Kid Dynamite – flawed but passable follow up album that is a pale immitation of their raw and riotous debut
- the Explosion – crap punk revival. the Tone make these kids look like the fakers they are
and now. Pedro the Yawn. Sorry, Lion. Mainly, here, there is one man, playing a guitar, kinda slowly, and singing in a very listless voice over the top. Sometimes about God. Nothing wrong with that, except it’s boring. Sometimes he has a full band. And he writes a song that competes with the songs off Mineral’s EndSerenading in the…… gjtfffvmcccsdsssssssssssssxz
Damn. Sorry about that.
Strangely, every now and again, he gets the full band and plays an upbeat number that sounds like a laid back Promise Ring or Braid track. Sung by a less exciting J Robbins. “Simple Economics” is one of these songs, and I could probably stomach a full album like this. Jangly, pleasant guitars bounce a long, ably guided by the bass, and you might tap your foot. If it hasn’t dozed off from the song before. The same happens on the indie rockin’ “Never Leave A Job Half Done”. Which isn’t bad at all. Maybe because it uses a wide variety of Promise Ring sound cliche’s. Nice.
Well, I don’t like this album. But I’m sure Pedro the Tedium don’t mind. They’re probably asleep. Hey, at least it comes on beautiful white vinyl and is only 30 minutes long. That’s the upside.