El Oso
One approaches this album with trepidation. Can they really do it again? Ca… Read Full Bio ↴One approaches this album with trepidation. Can they really do it again? Can the band that single-handedly defined postmodern white-boy funk poetry in 1994 with Ruby Vroom and dodged the sophomore slump with deceptive ease two years later come up with something just as good that isn't simply rehash? The answer is a qualified yes, and they do it by leaving the skeleton -- bare-bones funky drums, big string bass, scratchy guitar -- mostly the same, while fleshing out the vocals a bit and yoking the pointillistic samples to the wagon of the song, at least part of the time. Thus, on "Circles," the album's first single, you have overdubbed harmonies (!) and a bleeping synth that supports the chorus rhythmically. And you could actually sing along with "Blame." That's not to say that this stuff is exactly tuneful -- poetry and groove are still the whole point. But it's nice to hear M. Doughty hauling off and singing every so often. Nothing here packs quite the same revelatory wallop as "Blue-Eyed Devil" or "Casiotone Nation" did, but then, the revelation has already been received. That doesn't make it any less valuable. Or any less funky. ~ Rick Anderson, Rovi
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El Oso
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$300 Lifting me up like a garage door I need to feel…
Blame Blame Is the cure Cure anything Throw the rudder down…
Circles When you were languishing in rooms I built to file…
Fully Retractable Shooed out like a housefly This house was half my…
Houston I met a girl on roller skates She had a spare…
I Miss The Girl Daughter to the pop veneer Shining like a new mint quarter S…
Maybe I'll Come Down Dumb bah did do dumb I need time to scrounge the…
Misinformed His eyes go funny, you can't place why. All dolled…
Monster Man Stop hitching the monster man It was a bad plan, But i…
Pensacola Oh pride is not a sin, And that's why I have…
Rolling I'm rolling... I've gotta get a new balm I've gotta get a…
So Far I Have Not Found The Science I don't mind the worry following me like a dinosaur I…
St. Louise Is Listening I stopped the thought before its drip became insistent, I ru…
The Incumbent New York, New York I won't go back Indelible reminder of the…


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