Whirlybird
� Black Eye
Label: Robsum
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Tracks:
Black Eye Crayon Hero Antarctica Say You're My Baby Trailer Park Hollywood Everything Carnie's Covered in Plastic Soul Thing Smitten Kings Catfish Factory Oxford Mississippi |
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Whirlybird is what you get when you mix Elvis Costello with Beck and Weezer, a combination of experimental modern rock and standard emo. That's really a misnomer, as this disc covers so much musical ground that it is impossible to pigeon hole it.
Here are some of the highlights: The title track is a strange song reminiscent of the Talking Heads. "Crayon Hero" will make Weezer fans stand up and pay attention. "Antarctica" is a soulful number in the style of Joe Cocker or Peter Criss on his KISS solo album. "Say You're My Baby" is power-pop modern rocker. "Trailer Park Hollywood" sounds a bit like Lou Reed singing Sheryl Crow's breakthrough hit "All I Wanna Do" mixed with Kid Rock's "Cowboy". The song features some incredible slide guitar. "Everything" is Elvis Costello meets "Just Got Lucky" era Tom Petty with a pinch of Dire Straits thrown in. "Covered in Plastic" comes across as Beck jamming with Jackson Browne and Radiohead. "Smitten" is a heartfelt ballad in the tradition of Van Morrison.
One thing is for sure; Whirlybird refuses to be pushed into a musical corner as each song explores different musical directions that make this CD enjoyable and interesting at the same time.
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