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vovatThe new Dresden Dolls album came out on Tuesday. I stopped by Tower on my way to work, fully expecting that it would cost a hell of a lot of money there, and that I'd pass it up and get it somewhere else later in the week. I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was on sale for $10. When I took it up to the counter to buy it, the clerk said that he saw them open for Nine Inch Nails, but didn't care for them, although he liked the song "Coin-Operated Boy." Apparently a lot of people were booing them at that show, and the cashier said that he didn't, even though he was eager to see NIN. Personally, I don't care for NIN, so it would have been the opposite for me. Except that I wouldn't go to a show where I only like the opener, unless it was really cheap. Oh, and another clerk said she liked my No! T-shirt, and that it reminded her of the Cheerios T-shirt. I guess it IS kind of the same color, although I think the No! shirt is a little more on the orange side. A friend of mine in college had the Cheerios shirt, actually.
Anyway, the album itself is pretty awesome. It sounds similar to the self-titled one, but that's not a bad thing. And I think the production might be better. I mean, I'm no audiophile, and I don't really have an ear for such things, but it sounds more crisp or something. So that's cool. My favorite song as of now is "My Alcoholic Friends," but I also quite enjoy "Sex Changes" (the first track, which makes for an engaging and frantic way to start things off), "Modern Moonlight" (which features a lot of quotable lines, including "Coke and Pepsi finally found a compromise" and "God, I love communicating!"), and "Dirty Business." "Shores Of California" has a really catchy chorus, and "First Orgasm" deserves props for using the word "inbox." My least favorite track is probably "Delilah," which isn't bad by any means, but just hasn't really clicked with me.
It's interesting that I found most of the new albums I got at the beginning of last year to be somewhat disappointing, while I've loved all the new ones I've heard so far this year (which would be a total of four now). Some of the ones from last year that I inititally found disappointing did grow on me, certainly (like the Decemberists' Picaresque, which I initially thought was just decent, but is now my favorite album of theirs), but overall it seems like this is shaping up to be a better year for new albums. I'll just have to see whether this trend continues.
Anyway, the album itself is pretty awesome. It sounds similar to the self-titled one, but that's not a bad thing. And I think the production might be better. I mean, I'm no audiophile, and I don't really have an ear for such things, but it sounds more crisp or something. So that's cool. My favorite song as of now is "My Alcoholic Friends," but I also quite enjoy "Sex Changes" (the first track, which makes for an engaging and frantic way to start things off), "Modern Moonlight" (which features a lot of quotable lines, including "Coke and Pepsi finally found a compromise" and "God, I love communicating!"), and "Dirty Business." "Shores Of California" has a really catchy chorus, and "First Orgasm" deserves props for using the word "inbox." My least favorite track is probably "Delilah," which isn't bad by any means, but just hasn't really clicked with me.
It's interesting that I found most of the new albums I got at the beginning of last year to be somewhat disappointing, while I've loved all the new ones I've heard so far this year (which would be a total of four now). Some of the ones from last year that I inititally found disappointing did grow on me, certainly (like the Decemberists' Picaresque, which I initially thought was just decent, but is now my favorite album of theirs), but overall it seems like this is shaping up to be a better year for new albums. I'll just have to see whether this trend continues.
