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I THE MUFFS
j ★★★ 1/2
I GROUP Toe
I Muffs
lUtftl Werner
" Bros
By Dave Charbonneau
Oregon (Mily f mtxtect
The Muffs are a happy band.
Their catchy guitar riffs, and
heavy-but-not-too-heavy drum
beats seem to make them a
prime candidate to make the big
leap from indie status to main
stream mega-stars.
However. Kim Shattuck won't
let them reach that point Shat
tuck is the lead singer/guitarist
of the four-member band, and
her voice is just raspy and
c runchy enough to assure her
band no airplay on the dreaded
Top SO stations.
Shattuck has a voice that (.an
sound lovely at one point and
screechingly bodacious a split
second later With a solid band
behind her, Shattuck leads into
many ready-for-VH-1 choruses
with Headbnnger Hall-inspired
screams. Her songs of love don't
really touch any new ground,
nor does the bond But that's the
whole point: using a tried and
true approoc h to make an enjoy
able record But The Muffs do it
a little better than most
On The Muffs' slickly pro
duc ed, self-titled Compact Disc.
the two-male, two-female unit
has put together an album
pac ked with undeniably tasty
punk pop gems While many
bands nowadays seem deter
mined to create that "new
sound'' no matter how bad the
music actually sounds, The
Muffs use the same straightfor
ward approach the Ramones
have been using since the 1970s:
Don't get too fancy, just find a
cool rifT, stick with it. and most
importantly, keep the songs
short
Only one of the lfi cuts on the
(T) eclipses the three-and-a-hnlf
minute mark, and many c hime
in at loss than Iwo-and-a-half
minutes, leaving the listener not
wanting longer songs, but rnorr
songs.
The album doe* not have one
valley, but has a number of
peaks, and quite frankly, too
many of them to mention in this
space.
The opener "Lucky Guy," gets
things rolling with pounding
drums and (of course) a simple
yet catchy guitar lick. The song
barrels into a Go-Gos-esque (.ho
rus with Shattuck literally
screaming at the top of her lungs
a la L7. That sets the mood for
the next 15 songs, which vary
from a 30-second thrash punk
splinter to the album's acoustic
closer.
The other brilliant cuts on the
album include "Big Mouth."
"Baby Go Round'' and "Another
Day." but. for the third time, this
album is pretty much flawless.
The world needs more bonds
like this
WASTELAND
★ ★
GROUP: Dig
LABEL: Waste
I land Records
I
The first thing I noticed about
Dig's new album is it was pro
duced by Dave Jergen. who has
produced Jane's Addiction and
Alii i* In Chains. So. instantly 1
had high expectations.
No. it doesn't sound like
either of the aforementioned
bands. Lead singer/guitarist
.Scott Hackwith's voice does
resemble Perry Farrell at times,
and a lot of the slow bass-car
ried rhythms, and voice box
enhanced vocals bring to mind
Alice In Chains, but this band is
by no means a clone of any
band. Alice. Jane's or otherwise.
Wasteland instead has the
band experimenting with a
number of different sounds and
paces.
The result is an uneven,
sometimes great, sometimes dull
product
The best song, for its novelty
value as much as anything else,
is "Feet Don't Touch the
Ground." The song opens with
laid-back vocals, and |ust when
you think you've got another
band of lanes Addiction
wannabes, the chorus kicks in
that sounds straight off of an
early Ratt album. A curious mix
to lie sure, but Dig pulls it off
with striking ease.
"Unlucky Friend” is another
one of those listener-friendly
songs that flows from a quiet
acoustic beginning into a boom
ing chorus. Hackwith’s voice
especially sparkles in this song.
The fuzz-filled “I'll Stay
High,” is a wild ride that
bounces all over the place, but
it's a catchy tune with good
lyrics.
The rest of the album has a
hard time finding a direction.
“Tight Brain" is a straight-ahead
rocker with some cool overdub
bing in the chorus, and "Con
versation" is a good thumping
number with what sounds like a
dinner party at the beginning
(fun to try and hear some of the
conversations with head
phones), but the album loses
some points for songs like "Any
more" and "Believe" that go
absolutely nowhere.
The poor songs on this CD are
disappointing, but overall, the
good songs make it decent
enough to maybe warrant
spending that refund you got for
dropping your math class.
EVOLUTION
★ ★ 1/2
GROUP: Oleta
Adams
LABEL: Polygram
By John Flelschll
Fen Ifw Oregon Daily £ meraK)
Oleta Adams has specialized
m the love song. Most of the
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