Much Against Everyone’s Advice

Submitted by Vicky Barrett on 16 February 2013 - 10:27pm

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Artist:

Soulwax

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Nationality:

Belgium

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Track-listing:

Conversation Intercom*Saturday*When Logics Die*Much Against Everyone’s Advice*Overweight Karate Kid*Proverbial Pants*The Salty Knowledge Of Tears* Flying Without Wings*More Than This*Too Many DJ’s*Temptingly Yours*My Cruel Joke*Scream*Funny

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Nominator:

Bean

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Short-title:

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Meeting-date:

Monday, 10 May 2010

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reviewed by

Matthew Baker

Stick to the DJing

Belgian's second best export after paedophillia
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reviewed by

Glyn Lewis

Too many styles

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I like the idea of fusing different genres / sub genres into untried combinations but there’s a sort of bermuda triangle in the middle of dance, pop and rock which is a trecherous place and where only the brave or foolish would venture. Not to say you can’t combine these three, but I think it’s a difficult thing to do well.

There are passages which work well but overall these songs and the album feel like they are trying to cover too many bases. They might have the chorus in one style, the verse in another and the middle 8 in a third – the song ends up being neither fish nor foul, Too Many Djs is a good example of this. The lyrics also feel a bit stilted – maybe partly cos I guess English is not their first language. There was also a bit of a grunge-lite sound in places, which is a bit of an oxymoron.

There were some tight, tense rhythmic patterns that are exciting, for example Funny, but the other elements that come in don't seem to sit well with them. The album is very slick and professionally played but it possibly suffered from the band trying to showcase all the styles they could do all at once.
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reviewed by

Richard Norbury
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reviewed by

Neil Hornsey

The chaps behind this band have a very interesting list of projects that they've worked on, which I understand are mostly well regarded, but this album simply doesn't work. The overiding sound is that of a US teen rock band, which is a turn off from the start. The vocals are generally poorly recorded and the guitar leads make my ears screw up. There are however some nice touches on the backing electronics, which is perhaps where their true skills lie.